David You cannot self declare to the harmonised standard for class A emissions.
However as Point-of-Sale equipment is not typically domestic equipment, if you can state categorically that this is the case, you could write a draft TCF and ask a Competent Body to give you an opinion to clause 3.1b of the R&TTE directive. I successully argued a relaxation to radiated emissions requirements for a piece of outdoor customer premise equipment tested to 301 489-4, part of the argument involved testing some of the immunity aspects to higher levels. regards Charlie Charles Blackham Sulis Consultants Ltd > So, how about my original question? Is Class A conducted emissions ok > for a tower-mount VSAT power amp? Depending on the answer, I will > either enjoy a beer or have a terrible weekend. > > Regards, > > David. > > ________________________________ > > From: McInturff Gary [mailto:gmcintu...@spraycool.com] > Sent: 9 juin 2006 13:27 > To: Mike Hurley; David Heald; David Gelfand > Cc: emc-p...@ieee.org > Subject: RE: EN 301 489-1 emissions question - Euro telecom center A or > B classification? > > > Mike, I owe you a beer now. You just made my day. Unfortunately since we > are unlikely to ever been in the same place I'm taking it upon myself to > drink it for you too. I'll let you know if you enjoyed it. Thanks Gary > > > ________________________________ > > From: Mike Hurley [mailto:mikehur...@meadtest.com] > Sent: Fri 6/9/2006 9:38 AM > To: McInturff Gary; 'David Heald'; 'David Gelfand' > Cc: emc-p...@ieee.org > Subject: RE: EN 301 489-1 emissions question - Euro telecom center A or > B classification? > > > Gary, > > Your recollection is correct, Telecom centres were indeed Class B in > Europe. It took us several years in the ETSI EE4 committee to get it > changed to class A and even then it was by the somewhat devious means of > removing emission limits from EN300 386 and instead referencing directly > to EN55022. There are probably a few emc-pstc folk who remember the > struggle. > > Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of > McInturff Gary > Sent: 09 June 2006 15:50 > To: David Heald; David Gelfand > Cc: emc-p...@ieee.org > Subject: RE: EN 301 489-1 emissions question - Euro telecom center A or > B classification? > > Same question haunts me - I have a vague recollection that for some odd > reason European telecommunications centers were Class B but I can't find > the reference. Maybe the distinction is "telecommunication centers ONLY" > So I'm also interested in the answer if some one has it. > Thanks > Gary > > ________________________________ > > From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of David > Heald > Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 7:04 AM > To: David Gelfand > Cc: emc-p...@ieee.org > Subject: Re: EN 301 489-1 emissions question > > David, > I am quite certain that a 'telecommunications center' is a central > office. But, before just assuming that Class A is ok for telecom > centers, I'd check with the telecom company to be sure that they don't > have a requirement for Class B (I have this gut feel that I've run into > that but I can't remember any specifics). > > Best Regards > -Dave > > > On 6/9/06, David Gelfand <david.gelf...@mitectelecom.com> wrote: > I need help from our esteemed CE mark experts! > > EMC radio equipment standard EN 301 489-1 calls out EN 55022 Class B > limits in general, and Class A limits for "...equipment intended for use > in telecommunication centres only,..." What is considered a > "telecommunication centre?" Unfortunately I can not find any definition > > for this term in the standard, or in any other standards I have > consulted. > mc-pstc > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This > message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc > discussion list. 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