John: The question about whether the intent of the writers (of EN 61000-3-2:2000) was to require a double "repeatability" test for each EUT tested, or whether the intent was simply to demonstrate a "process qualification" has been touched on in this forum for over two years.
It is now November 2003. The "presumption of conformity" on the old 1995 harmonic emissions standard ends on January 1, 2004. It is time to finally clarify this for laboratories and manufacturers. I will communicate with you later this week "off-line", because some of my examples of problem EUT's (and suggestions for clarifications) may breach confidentiality standards if shared with this forum. However, as a general question, if as you say, "..the committee has not received any request for an official interpretation", then where exactly can we go (as a laboratory) to request such an interpretation? A LITERAL interpretation of the "English" language text in the 2000 standard means that many of our customers will have a big, big problem on January first, 2004. I am requesting your personal involvement to assist in resolving this "repeatability" question. Thanks for your help! Jim Ericson Quality System Manager/Senior EMC Engineer Acme Testing Company 2002 Valley Highway Acme, WA 98220 work: (360) 595-2785 work: j...@acmetesting.com home: (360) 599-1095 home: jde...@nas.com From: owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org [mailto:owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org]On Behalf Of John Woodgate Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 12:12 PM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: EN 61000-3-2:2000 I read in !emc-pstc that Jon Francis <jfran...@voltech.co.uk> wrote (in <5bc8a2628bc2eb4081ca71b2d6717d3a05e...@voltech-uk.voltech.co.uk>) about 'EN 61000-3-2:2000' on Fri, 7 Nov 2003: > Are there any official clarifications available concerning the > repeatability test? No, because the committee has not received any request for an official 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: emc_p...@symbol.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 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: emc_p...@symbol.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
