Dear Richard, Items in Section General are indeed very general. The actual Listing Report is inportant. For all the hundreds of ITE products that ITL has Listed, in the product description, under "Construction Details", we describe all the various types of Listed cords and specify that provision of a cord is optional. We also specify "for units shipped outside North America, a suitable cord set may be shipped according to country of destination.
Our clients have the freedom to choose the best of all worlds and I hope all of you are doing the same. Best Regards and Happy Holidays! > Interesting. I checked one of our ITE UL reports from 1997 and the general > section requires shipping either a UL Listed power cord or an acceptable > cord when shipping outside the US. What do others have to say about this? > > ---------- > From: pe...@itl.co.il [SMTP:pe...@itl.co.il] > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 1998 4:28 PM > To: emc-p...@ieee.org; WOODS, RICHARD > Subject: RE: Questions on Plug Adapters > > Richard, > > It has been a few years now that for ITE, NRTLs do not require a > detachable type power supply cord to be shipped with the unit. At > some point, they required that for units not provided with > detachable cords, a non-permanent marking be provided by the > power Inlet "See Installation Instructions for Proper Selection of > Power Cord" or an equivalent marking together with the relevant > instructions on the proper power cords to be selected in the field. > However for some time now, this requirement has been dropped > and provision of a Listed and/or Approved cord set is optional. > > Regards, > > > From: "WOODS, RICHARD" > <wo...@sensormatic.com> > To: emc-p...@ieee.org > Subject: RE: Questions on Plug Adapters > Date sent: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 09:12:34 -0500 > Send reply to: "WOODS, RICHARD" <wo...@sensormatic.com> > > > If you have UL Listing, then you must ship a power cord with each > unit. The > > cord shipped must be acceptable for the target country - i.e., > have the > > appropriate safety approval. > > > > ---------- > > From: CRAIG HENSLEY [SMTP:hens...@iomega.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 1998 3:20 PM > > To: emc-p...@ieee.org > > Subject: Questions on Plug Adapters > > > > My company manufacturers external high capacity disk drive > systems > > (computer peripherals) which are shipped worldwide. > > > > North American shipments include an ac-dc direct plug-in > power > > supply. > > International shipments include an ac-dc "desk-top" power > supply > > along > > with the appropriate detachable cord set. All the power > supplies we > > use > > are UL-Listed, TUV, CSA, and SAA certified. Cordsets carry > all the > > appropriate certifications/approvals. > > > > There have been some grumblings internally because of the > many > > international system "configurations" that must be > maintained due to > > the > > number of different cord-sets. Depending on where a > particular > > drive is > > being sent dictates the type of cord set that is included. > This > > introduces > > additional control, inventory, and warehousing problems. > > > > One suggestion that has been made is to ship one style of > cord (or > > power supply) with several different plug adapters. Then > we > > wouldn't > > have to worry so much about what power cord goes with what > drive. > > For example, in South America the direct plug-in power > supply could > > be > > provided along with the Euro and Australian style plug > adapters. > > In Europe, the "desk-top" power supply and Euro-style > cord-set could > > be > > provided along with a UK style plug adapter. > > > > I am not comfortable with this at all and am hoping that > some of you > > out > > there have had some experience with these types of plug > adapters. > > My > > questions/concerns are: > > > > * How can the connection to the AC mains be ensured when > using a > > plug adapter? > > * One company claims they have a UL recognized plug adapter. > > > However, I can't find anything more with regards to safety > > certifications. > > I don't think TUV will even certify this type of adapter. > What > > about the > > other agencies? > > * Does anyone have any additional recommendations to help > > accommodate the various worldwide plug styles? I got to > believe > > others > > have gone through this same "dilemma". > > * How "acceptable" is it to provide a product without a cord > and > > just > > have the user procure the cord set applicable for their > particular > > country? > > * Is anyone aware of other manufacturers that include plug > adapters > > with their products? > > * Which is worse? Providing the direct plug-in power supply > with > > plug > > adapters, or providing the "desk-top" power supply and > detachable > > cord > > set with plug adapters. > > > > Any and all information is appreciated as I am once again in > the > > unenviable position of potentially squashing another > brilliant > > marketing > > idea. Maybe I'm making a big deal out of nothing, but as > soon as > > someone starts changing the product interfaces with the > AC-mains I > > get > > a little nervous. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Craig Hensley > > Iomega Corp. > > Roy, UT. > > > > > > > > --------- > > 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). 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