I read in !emc-pstc that Jim Eichner <jim.eich...@xantrex.com> wrote (in <67C475A5ECE7D4118AEC0002B325CAB601767784@BCMAIL1>) about 'SV: Generic emissions - EN 61000-6-3', on Fri, 1 Feb 2002:
>The New Approach guideline seems pretty clear: a standard is NOT considered >to provide a presumption of conformity until it has been published in the >OJ. > >That tells us 2 things: > >1. Until it is published in the OJ it does not satisfy the standards route >to compliance. You can use it but you're not within the bounds of the >standards route. Quite right. That's what really counts, but the 'harmonization' thing causes a lot of unnecessary confusion. Publication in the OJ is 'notification', not 'harmonization'. > >2. If a single standard applicable to your equipment is published in the OJ >without limitations, it provides presumption of conformity for your >equipment. You do not need to use any other standard, even if others that >appear also to cover your equipment have been published in the OJ. Not correct. The exceptions are the standards for low-frequency conducted emissions EN61000-3-2, -3 -11 and -12 (not yet published). These are 'product-family standards' and apply to everything connected to the *public* low-voltage supply (only certain voltage ranges). They stand alongside, *and apply in addition to*, more specialized product- family standards such as EN55022 and EN55014. Because they are so broad in scope and, unlike other product standards, are prepared by IEC SC77A, I have proposed that they should have a special designation, such as 'global product-family standards', but there is little or no support for this, so the uncertainty continues. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk After swimming across the Hellespont, I felt like a Hero. PLEASE do NOT copy news posts to me by E-MAIL! ------------------------------------------- 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.
