John Woodgate <[email protected]> wrote: > >IMO a DoC without listing each 61000-4-x item with level and performance > >criteria yields a document worthy of lining a bird cage. > > But the European Commission does not agree with you. It approved the EMC > Directive with the provisions I explained. If a prospective buyer wants > very detailed technical information on a product, he/she should ask for > a copy of the manufacturer's EMC technical file. While the current
I agree, and AFAIK the DoC is not intended for the customer - this seems to be a widespread misunderstanding of the whole intention of the directive, CE mark etc. We don't ship a copy of the DoC routinely with our products. Nevertheless, we state in the documentation which generic or product standards were applied, therefore the same information as in the DoC, but informal and not describing specific tests. If a customer asks me for the DoC, I usually can't restrain from asking back _why_ he wants to see it and usually they can't explain exactly <g>. Some of them say they need it to prove the conformity of their own device/installation/machinery. If they still think to need it, they get a copy of the DoC and/or a detailed description similar to a "technical file". Oliver -- Oliver Betz, Muenchen This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
