Jason, I too am interested in using the EN 1326-1 standard for testing my companies products, but I don't believe it has been published in the OJ yet (at least I have not found it, if it is). As such I don't believe it can be used by a manufacturer, particularly if you are self declaring. Did you find this standard in the OJ? As to emissions, I believe the standard says use CISPR 16, unless ISM frequencies are used by the product, in which case use CISPR 11. The manufacturer is allowed to determine whether to apply Class A limits or B limits based on end use location of their product. I would interpret this to mean that if your product went into an industrial environment Class A limits might be acceptable, where as, if it might go into a residential or certain commercial environments, Class B limits would be the better level to choose. Also, an early draft of IEC 1326-2 included -10, -20, and -30 (for use in Industrial, Laboratory and Portable locations) with immunity level requirements decreasing based on location. Has anyone seen anything further on this issue? If EN 1326-1 were to be used to declare a product would products intended for use in Industrial, Laboratory and Portable locations all be tested at the same levels? It doesn't seem feasible that the levels specified in EN 1326-1 would be adequate for Industrial environments. Any opinions on this?
Regards, Gail Birdsall Compliance Dept. Hach Co. At 07:32 PM 9/1/98 -0400, Jason Chesley wrote: > > >Thanks to those for the info on Korea. > >On another note..... > >I've come across the need to use EN 61326-1 (April 1997). The standard is >for electrical equipment for measurement, control and laboratory use. The >DOW on conflicting standards was December last year. Somewhat unique to >the emc standards, EN 61326-1 incorporates both emissions and immunity in >the same document. > >Although the standard is clear on what equipment type is covered I was >wondering if anyone has any input on the following areas: > >Minimum immunity: -2, -3, -4, -5, -6 and -11 (where applicable of course), >notice the 4kv / 4kv on ESD. No magnetic (-8) even if applicable, say, >under 82-1 (97)? > >No real mandate on emissions is stated such as the immunity was. In fact, >if the country has specific exemptions (does someone know the country >listings?) emissions is definately not required...... the whole section on >emissions seems rather weak. Any comments? > >I have not seen any amendments to this standard yet, has anyone else? > > >Jason L. Chesley >Business Services Group Manager >EMC Technology Services, Inc. >UL > >--------- >This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. >To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.com >with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the >quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, >ri...@sdd.hp.com, or roger.volgst...@compaq.co (the list >administrators). > > --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.com with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, ri...@sdd.hp.com, or roger.volgst...@compaq.co (the list administrators).
