Hello everyone,
I’m looking for a little clarification. We use a tabletop external AC-DC power supply for one of our products. I’ve contacted the manufacturer about Japanese compliance for the supply. I was told (or at least this is what I understood) that the supply meets the technical requirements and has been tested to them. However, it isn’t marked as compliant because the Japanese safety markings require a specific identifier. Since we use a supply meant for OEM applications, it doesn’t come marked because the marking would need to be unique for each manufacturer that used it in Japan. It sounded to me as though My understanding was that this identifier would be some sort of code or file number that identifies our representative or sponsor in Japan. To me, this sounded similar to the Australian Company Number (ACN) used for C-tick marking. This sounded like a slam dunk. I call our representation in Japan, get some labeling information and tell our power supply vendor…apparently not so! I have talked some people from the organization that represents us in Japan; and I have been told by them that agencies outside Japan can’t apply the Japanese safety markings…which would mean that we have to submit a sample for testing. I believe that he mentioned “JQA” as the agency? I’m confused. Do I need to contact our representatives in Japan and get some kind of identifying code, number or information from them? Alternatively, is this “representative” that I need to contact a Japanese safety agency that reviews the CB report and provides us with marking information? This power supply has been tested to EN60950 and its worldwide variants. Any hints here? Chris Maxwell, Design Engineer | Compliance Engineer Email: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected], Desk Phone: 315-266-5128 Engineering Department Fax: 315-797-8024 NetTest (New York) Inc. 6 Rhoads Drive, Building 4, Utica, NY USA Web: <http://www.nettest.com> www.nettest.com, Phone: 315-797-4449 NetTest, a Member of the Anritsu Group - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
