This issue came in my attention in January 1998. ..I contacted some manufacturers of LED (because I thought that they have the responsibility to provide the classification), and unfortunately no answers...
Within the catalogues no information regarding the Class of the ordinary (!!??) LED. I contacted CSA and an engineer involved in the evaluation based on 950 Standard, told me that they are considering these components as Class 1.... I still feel that it is the responsibility of the LED manufacturer to provide the information related to the Class of the LEDs.(the CENELEC OSM/EE mentioned that:"...adequate information from the equipment manufacturer is acceptable..."(see the information provided by Mr. Egon VARJU in October. Thank you Egon, again!) I can not say that it is ridiculous or not, if it is a Clause in the Standard, means that shall be respected; it is stringent for a higher class of laser products... Respectfully yours, Constantin Bolintineanu P.Eng. Product Safety Engineer bolin...@dscltd.com The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily those of my employer. > -----Original Message----- > From: Crabb, John [SMTP:jo...@exchange.scotland.ncr.com] > Sent: Friday, November 20, 1998 4:26 AM > To: 'Frank West'; 'EMC-PSTC Mailing List' > Subject: RE: LED Reqs under A11 to EN60950 > > I would also be interested to know what everyone is doing (or not > doing !!). > As far as I can gather, everyone is ignoring this issue, as it is just > so > ridiculous. > After all, the only way you can prove that a LED is Class 1 or below > is to > do > the measurements - and I'm sure most of us don't have the equipment to > do > this. > (or the time, or the inclination). > John Crabb, Product Safety Engineer, > NCR Financial Solutions Group Ltd, Dundee, Scotland. > > --------- > 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). --------- 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).