On Mon, 6 Jul 1998 16:28:20 -0400 , you wrote: >Perhaps the conflict of dates is in the source of the document. The IEC >may say one date and the EU may adopt quite another. As an example: an >EU parallel vote document is usually pretty much in sync with the IEC. >IEC 60950 on the other hand was about 1 and a half years behind the IEC >at one time. It is a lot better today. We must not confuse the IEC >dates with the EU implementation dates. Someday I'll break the link in my brain between standards sources (IEC, CISPR, etc.) and the groups that use them (EU, other countries, etc.)
>Having said that the 50 W implementation date is 1999 for the IEC and >would also have been for the EU except for subsequent EU amendments. >The EU extended the dow until 2001 because of the extreme controversy >surrounding the standard from many sources. The same is true for the >flicker standard. > >My view is the 50 Watt implementation date is 1999 for home products and >because of the 2001 date for most other products, the 50 Watts means >nothing until 2001. The EU dates always govern the regulatory >requirements. So, does this mean the 75W->50W reduction is 4 years later than the EU implementation of the spec - 1/1/2005? <snip> -- Patrick Lawler plaw...@west.net
