Enci, Standards and standards development take a lot of time and money to produce. This is partially recovered through the sale of standards. Standards writing groups are considered to be doing well if they break even. I am not sure of the availability of information in Europe, but if you have access to a local large library or college library, you may be able to access the standards there. I know here that all the UL and ANSI standards are available at the local college library. There is a fee, of course, with copying these but you are free to browse through them as much as you like!
Warren -----Original Message----- From: owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org [mailto:owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org]On Behalf Of Enci Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 8:41 AM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: An old chestnut. Hi Group, Can someone please remind me again why I have to pay over 1 British Pound a sheet for standards? (over 2 British pounds a page non-BSI member price) Where does the money go? Does this same situation exist outside the European Union? How much do you pay? Is membership on a committee producing a standard a paid position? For a new line of products in low volume, the costs involved in acquiring the relevant standards are steep. With the relative ease in which I can acquire datasheets online, I have often wondered why standards are not freely downloadable - would that not increase the safety of equipment produced by SME's and hobbyists alike? Also as an informed consumer I would be able to see specific details of the standards applicable to any products I buy. Enci ------------------------------------------- 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.
