I read in !emc-pstc that Colgan, Chris <chris.col...@tagmclaren.com> wrote (in <AE0F4BD08FEAD211895900805FE67B1F01090F0D@CAT>) about 'product modifications by the end user', on Tue, 19 Mar 2002:
>Just say someone in your marketing department came up with the bright idea >of selling upgrade kits to an unqualified, untrained end user that involved >removing the top cover of a product. In the process not only would the >victim be exposed to hazardous voltages (if the product was still connected >to the mains) but he/she would also have to wire up mains connections. >There would also be a possibility that critical insulation would be >disturbed. > >Apart from telling them that they were mad and suggesting that someone could >be killed or seriously injured, would there be any black and white >legislation that you could use to help bin this idea? I can't find anything >specific in EN60065 or the LVD. You wouldn't find such a detailed matter in a well-written new-style Directive. In the EN, (1998 edition) it's in the first sentence of 8.4, if you can get the top off without using a tool, and the first sentence of 9.1.1 if you need a tool to get it off, but instruct the user to use a tool. Operation with the cover off then becomes a 'normal operating condition' under 4.2 and the product would be tested with the cover off as well as on. I agree that the EN is not very specific on this issue, and that is because no-one envisaged that any manufacturer would be daft enough to advise the user to use a tool to take the cover off! If your marketroid persists, I'll take the issue to the committee meeting in April and get a definite interpretation. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Interested in professional sound reinforcement and distribution? Then go to http://www.isce.org.uk 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: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com 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: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
