I read in !emc-pstc that Adrian F Davies <davies...@virgin.net> wrote (in <dbegllgahbjcdoanbfjbgegccdaa.davies...@virgin.net>) about 'OK, what's going on?' on Thu, 27 Mar 2003:
>this is not quite the case in the UK. > >EMC issues are policed by local Trading Standards Officers. > >There have been several successful prosecutions in the South Wales area. MISLEADING! The main recent prosecutions, regarding household appliances, were for safety standard violations. The EMC issue involved introduced serious doubts about the adequacy of the relevant standard, CISPR 14-1/EN 55014-1, which are still being studied. > >Experience has shown that a "CE" marked CPU unit will be close to the limit. >However, plug another "CE" marked unit in - printer or monitor or mouse and >...... CISPR 22/EN 55022 requires testing of products with typical peripherals connected. -- 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...@attbi.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
