Ron, OSHA limits apply in the workplace in the US, but those limits are in place to prevent hearing loss. I am unaware of any other regulatory requirements in the US. I once asked an European safety agency if our ITE had to comply with any sound standards in order to be certified and I was told no.
Richard Woods -----Original Message----- From: Ron Pickard [mailto:rpick...@hypercom.com] Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 2:48 PM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Allowable Sound Pressure/Power Levels To all, I have been looking into sound pressure/power level requirements emanating from equipment such as ITE and any regulatory limits pertaining to them. Such requirements exist in the NEBS environment (section 4.6 of GR-63). There are other requirement relating to earpieces, such as IEC/EN60950 clause 6.4.3. Are there any other government/industry guidelines/requirements pertaining to equipment sound levels that relate to the general commercial environment? I know this may be somewhat of a broad question, but I'd like to know the requirements/guidelines that are out there, both here in the US and also internationally. Any assistance in identifying these requirements/guidelines would be greatly appreciated. Best regards, Ron Pickard rpick...@hypercom.com ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server. ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
