We have requested our vendors to provide declarations and test results to show that the LED's will self destruct before they begin to lase. This documentation becomes a part of our TIF.
Monty Griffith Senior Product Safety Engineer Intergraph Computer System Huntsville, AL 35894-0001 PH: (256) 730-6017 FX: (256) 730-6239 http://mecsrv.b29.ingr.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank West [SMTP:frankw...@earthlink.net] > Sent: Friday, November 20, 1998 12:37 AM > To: EMC-PSTC Mailing List > Subject: LED Reqs under A11 to EN60950 > > Hello group! > > I would like to hear how some of you are handling the requirement to treat > LED's as a laser device, as required by amendment 11 of EN 60950. > > The information I have received is that all LED's that are sources of > non-coherent light will be classed as class 1 lasers. The equipment would > have to be labeled as a class 1 laser device, and list EN60825 as one of > the standard it complies to. > > This really seems excessive for a simple LED used for, as an example, > power on indication and so forth. > > Thanks in advance > > Frank West > TUV Essen > --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, j...@gwmail.monarch.com, ri...@sdd.hp.com, or roger.volgst...@compaq.com (the list administrators).
