Robert Macy wrote: > To: [email protected] > Message-Id: <83960806224938/[email protected]> > > -- [ From: Douglas J. Kirchner * EMC.Ver #2.5.03 ] -- > > Robert, > > Does a manufacturer of circuit breakers that has VDE and TUV approval, > need to obtain CE approval in order to sell the breaker to an equipment > manufacturer th at will in turn, sell their equipment to the EU > community? > > Or since the breaker has VDE and TUV approval, is it up to the > manufacturer to obtain the CE approval? > > I have heard two opposite answers to this question. First, since the > breaker ha s VDE and TUV, the equipment manufacturer can obtain his CE > approval. The secon d answer was no matter what approvals were obtained > on the breaker, CE approval was required. > > I hope this is clear and makes sense. Will talk with you later. > > Regards, > Doug Kirchner > Wright Associate > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Robert A. Macy, PE [email protected] > AJM Electronics > > --- > ~ OLX 2.1 TD ~ I'll bet you think this is a tagline, but it's not.Here is my > view regarding Doug Kirchner's question:
1) I agree with my friend Vic Boersma's reply: there is no such thing as CE-Approval. But there is a thing called CE Marking. This is a declaration of the manufacturer or of the importer into the EU thast his/her product complies with the applicable EU Directives. 2) A VDE or TUV approval can be treated as a proof that the tested product complies with an applicable standard. 3) A circuit breaker is, in my mind, not an equipment that falls under any EU-Directive. I consider a CB to be a component, that does not require a Manufacturer's Declaration of Conformity. A CB is not a useable equipment in the meaning of the LVD, and it does not create its own frequencies that may disturbe other equipment. It may, however, be of a marginal design in a way that it is susceptible to disturbances from the outside. I would not use such a design inside my equipment. 4) The VDE and TUV approvals do indeed indicate, as mentioned in 2) above, that such a component can be easily installed into an equipment, e.g. into a computer, that itself falls under the EMC and LVD Directives. There is no additional research required concerning the CB as a component in the equipment. 5) There is a CE DoC required for the complete equipment if it falls under any applicable EU-Directive (but not for the component). 6) I once heard a smart comment, which I did follow since: If you are in doubt concerning the CE Marking, why do you not act in the same way as if you would furnish your personal income tax declaration.... (I agree that there may be some controversial opinions). -- Kind regards/mit freundlichen Gruessen, Horst Dierich, Germany EMAIL: [email protected]
