In a message dated 9/23/02 9:05:08 PM Central Daylight Time, war...@comfortjets.com writes:
> A suite of testing runs about $6000 for immunity for ITE equipment to > meet EN 55 024 without even talking about the Radiated Immunity > requirements equipment and a chamber. You are going to likely have to > do this subset of testing anyway if you want a credible report as > evidence of self-declaration. The costs of emissions and immunity > testing with reports is around $7000 and is a clean approach both > financially and in timeline if you do some chamber tests first for > emissions, say a 2-hour scan in a chamber. Emissions and immunity > testing are somewhat coupled in that a device that is a low radiator is > also likely to have good resistance to susceptibility, but not always. > This is most often true of metal shielded enclosures and those with > shielded I/O cables. > Hi Warren, I think your test costs seem a little high, I won't say what I charge for fear of being accused of commercialism. But a number of labs, good labs, will charge under $4,500 for a full set of tests.... There is a good deal of new equipment coming out from vendors too, which may mean a flood of used, but still good equipment. E-bay is a source for this. Cheers, Derek Walton L F Research
<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT COLOR="#400080" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SCRIPT" FACE="Comic Sans MS" LANG="0">In a message dated 9/23/02 9:05:08 PM Central Daylight Time, war...@comfortjets.com writes:<BR> <BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">A suite of testing runs about $6000 for immunity for ITE equipment to <BR> meet EN 55 024 without even talking about the Radiated Immunity <BR> requirements equipment and a chamber. You are going to likely have to <BR> do this subset of testing anyway if you want a credible report as <BR> evidence of self-declaration. The costs of emissions and immunity <BR> testing with reports is around $7000 and is a clean approach both <BR> financially and in timeline if you do some chamber tests first for <BR> emissions, say a 2-hour scan in a chamber. Emissions and immunity <BR> testing are somewhat coupled in that a device that is a low radiator is <BR> also likely to have good resistance to susceptibility, but not always. <BR> This is most often true of metal shielded enclosures and those with <BR> shielded I/O cables.<BR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#400080" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SCRIPT" FACE="Comic Sans MS" LANG="0"><BR> Hi Warren,<BR> <BR> I think your test costs seem a little high, I won't say what I charge for fear of being accused of commercialism. But a number of labs, good labs, will charge under $4,500 for a full set of tests....<BR> <BR> There is a good deal of new equipment coming out from vendors too, which may mean a flood of used, but still good equipment. E-bay is a source for this.<BR> <BR> Cheers,<BR> <BR> Derek Walton<BR> L F Research</FONT></HTML>
