Craig, We faced the same dilemma with our products. Shipping word-wide and trying to get all products to have the same certifications without question as to destination was tough. In the end, we use an IEC320 appliance inlet on all products and have in stock 10 different power cordsets. We make it a part of the order entry process to ask the customer what cordset they want. That way we do not stock 10 different product configurations but do have a second line item on the customer order for the cordset. Since our products are expensive enough and we only build to order, we get away with that.
I personally do not like adapters, even if I could find one that has sufficient safety approvals. Don't know that you can find a standard that prohibits them either. I think in the end it becomes a marketing decision how to handle this, i.e. how acceptable it is to ship with what configuration. If marketing says that you must ship a cordset with each product and the cost of the product or distribution method do not lend themselves to asking the customer for a cordset preference, I think you have not much choice but to make multiple configurations. One alternative we used at one time was to have the distributors provide the cordset. They could either order them from us or from their own sources. Good luck. Scott s_doug...@ecrm.com --------- 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).
