Equipment Physical Design Standards ATT-TP-76200, Issue 19
AT&T Services, Inc. June 2014
Section 10, Fire Resistance:
Reasons for Reassessment
Generally, equipment that have been determined to be acceptable for purchase from a fire
resistance perspective do not have to be re-evaluated or retested unless subsequent changes
to the equipment include one or more of the following:
1) A change in the manufacturer's unique equipment identifier.
2) A modification to an equipment assembly's enclosure that increases ambient air
circulation.
3) The addition of integral or separately mounted cooling fan(s) or a manufacture's
requirement or recommendation that fans be used with the equipment.
4) The substitution of metallic apparatus with combustible material.
5) A change in an equipment assembly's electrical protection circuitry that increases the
ampere rating of an overload protection device or affects the operational characteristics
of a cooling fan.
6) The addition of printed circuit board(s) to one or more existing printed circuit board.
7) The addition of vertically oriented printed circuit boards to the extent that overall circuit
board surface area within the unit is increased by 300 cm
2
(46.5 in.
2
).
8) Evolution of plug-in circuit packs used in equipment makes it questionable whether the
equipment accurately resembles its original test configuration.
Acceptance of new Equipment by “similarity” as compared with a previously Approved
Equipment.
Generally ,if a pizza box type equipment having the same size, weight, physical and electrical
properties as well as possessing the same material components to that of a equipment that
has been previously tested and passed for fire propagation characteristics, need not be tested
again.
A statement is required from an approved testing lab stating:
1) Equipment “A” contains same material as Equipment “B”
2) Equipment “A” has the same physical and electrical characteristics as equipment “B”
3) Equipment “A” has same fire propagation characteristics as Equipment “B”
Submit:
4) A test report with date and test results for Equipment “B”
5) Any exception taken during the test of Equipment “B”
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