W-C-596H/GEN
6.3.7 Hospital grade. A class of connector that meets the more stringent requirements of "hospital grade" connectors as specified in UL 498 and the additional requirements as specified herein. This connector is designed to meet the added performance requirements of high abuse areas.
6.3.8 Isolated ground. A device in which the grounding terminals are isolated from the mounting strap to prevent transmission of transient currents often associated with the building ground.
6.4 Qualification. With respect to products requiring qualification, awards will be made only for products which are, at the time of award of contract, qualified for inclusion in Qualified Product List QPL No. 596 whether or not such products have actually been so listed by that date. The attention of the contractors is called to these requirements, and manufacturers are urged to arrange to have the products that they propose to offer to the Federal Government tested for qualification in order that they may be eligible to be awarded contracts or orders for the products covered by this specification. Information pertaining to qualification of products may be obtained from DLA Land and Maritime, DLA-VQ, 3990 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43218-3990 or via email: vqp@dla.mil. An online listing of products qualified to this specification may be found in the Qualified Products Database (QPD) at https://assist.dla.mil.
6.5 Date coding. Date coding of the part is not a requirement, however, it is suggested that each connector be permanently marked with a code which is traceable to the date of manufacture. For products not bearing a date code the manufacturer may bear the full risk responsibility and expense of a total purge of all material in stock should that manufacturers products fail to meet the requirements of W- C-596 and there is no means of readily differentiating good parts from those that are bad or suspect.
6.6 Part Identification Number (PIN). The Part Identification Number (PIN) is specified in the applicable specification sheet (see 3.1).
6.7 Subject term (key word listing). Connector, electrical.
Connector, general grade.
Connector, hospital grade. Cable outlets.
Electrical plugs. Receptacles.
6.8 Changes from previous issue. Marginal notations are not used in this revision to identify changes with respect to the previous issue due to the extent of the changes.
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