Dan, Your email brings up two good points. One is an error that I made. EN 61000-6-2 is a Generic Standard, not a product specific or product family standard. My humble apologies (bow).
The second point is that I never considered the possibility of a Generic Standard being entirely replaced by a new Generic Standard, or the possibility of a Generic Standard being partially replaced by a new Generic Standard with a partially overlapping scope. It adds another twist to my original email. It appears that a Generic Standard may be "in effect" for some products, "superceded by a product specific standard" for other products or "lame duck" (about to be entirely replaced) for yet other products all at the same time. It can get confusing, which is what started this thread in the first place. Thatsallfornow, Chris Maxwell, Design Engineer GN Nettest Optical Division 109 N. Genesee St. Utica, NY 13502 PH: 315-797-4449 FAX: 315-797-8024 EMAIL: [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Kinney (A) [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 11:17 AM > To: Maxwell, Chris; [email protected] > Subject: RE: OJ mystery > > Chirs, > Everything you said sounds reasonable except EN61000-6-2 is not a product > specific standard; it is a generic standard. > Dan Kinney > Horner APG > (317) 916-4274 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Maxwell, Chris [SMTP:[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 7:35 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: OJ mystery > > > > > > William, > > > > I beleive that EN 50081-2 and EN50082-2 were among the "original" > > standards > > for CE marking. When enforcement of the EMC Directive went in place on > 1 > > January 1996, these standards were already in place. As such, it isn't > > any > > suprise to me that they don't supercede any other standards. There > wasn't > > anything before them to supercede. (As far as CE marking goes.) > > > > However, since both standards are "Generic", they have covered a wide > > variety of equipment. As enforcement of the EMC Directive has > continued, > > more product specific standards are being ratified. Much of the > > equipment > > covered by these new product specific standards used to be covered by > > Generic Standards. This means that the Generic Standards are being > listed > > as the "superceded" standards by a number of product specific standards, > > such as EN 61000-6-2. > > > > So, there you have it. The Generic Standards don't supercede anything > > because they were in place from the start of EMC Directive enforcement. > > Now, whether a Generic Standard is "superceded" or "in effect" depends > > upon > > whether your product falls within the scope of a product specific > > standard. > > The Generic Standard may be "superceded" by a product family standard > for > > one product while still being "in effect" for another product. > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > Your brother in compliance, > > > > Chris Maxwell, Design Engineer > > GN Nettest Optical Division > > 109 N. Genesee St. > > Utica, NY 13502 > > PH: 315-797-4449 > > FAX: 315-797-8024 > > EMAIL: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] [SMTP:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 6:47 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: OJ mystery > > > > > > > > > have been using the Generic Standards EN50081-2 and EN50082-2 for EMC > > > > conformity, but the Official Journal April2000 has got me flummoxed: > > > > > > Each of the above are listed in column 2 under reference and title, > with > > > > > 'None' under column 4, 'Reference of the superseded standard...'. > > Doesn't > > > this imply that they are valid and in-effect? > > > > > > Later in the journal, under EN61000-6-2, the standard EN50082-2 > appears > > as > > > > > > the 'superseded standard', effective April2002. > > > > > > Please explain how this seeming contradiction is to be interpreted; I > am > > > > > trying to determine the correct documents for my future compliance > > efforts > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > > > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > > > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > > > > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > > > [email protected] > > > with the single line: > > > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > > > > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > > > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > > > Michael Garretson: [email protected] > > > > > > For policy questions, send mail to: > > > Richard Nute: [email protected] > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > > [email protected] > > with the single line: > > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > > Michael Garretson: [email protected] > > > > For policy questions, send mail to: > > Richard Nute: [email protected] > > ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. 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