Remember first are foremost. If a product is marketed and primarily intended for consumer / residential use it SHALL be class B. Having said this if you have a product which is not intended to be used in the class b environment and it happens to make it's way there . No you are not responsible..
Rodney Davis ________________________________ From: Amund Westin <am...@westin-emission.no> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2016 6:35 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: [PSES] SV: [PSES] EN55032 definition of residential environment If a manufacturer label the product as «Class A», they do not have any responsibility if the end user is using it in an residential environment with its potential risk for making disturbance? Mvh Amund Fra: ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen [mailto:g.grem...@cetest.nl] Sendt: 8. desember 2015 18:55 Til: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Emne: Re: [PSES] EN55032 definition of residential environment 1. Independent of the standards, the EMC directive requires marking on typeplate and/or documentation if an equipment is non-residential. 2. Unwilling standards committees have been “reluctant” in including the definitions in written in their standards. CISPR I has been notorious in these for years, by not even defining Class A for immunity (CISPR 24). There are ample standards and EC documents giving an appropriate definitions, in general something like: If it is predominantly used for households or is connected to a residentially used power newtwork the equipment will be residential or often said “Class B”. If connected to a private power network then it should be Industrial or “Class A”. One standard that comes to mind that gives a good description including examples is EN 61326-1:2013. An EC document TC210/Sec0515/INF from 2007 addresses the topic in full and includes the recommendation to include a common definition in all harmonized standards. Gert Gremmen Van: Bill Stumpf [mailto:bstu...@dlsemc.com] Verzonden: dinsdag 8 december 2015 14:38 Aan: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG<mailto:EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG> Onderwerp: Re: [PSES] EN55032 definition of residential environment Ian, There is no definition of "residential" environment in the standard or the EMC Guide. For reference, the FCC classifies products into consumer (Class B) and non-consumer (Class A) categories. In Europe the manufacturer has a similar responsibility to make a product that meets the EMC requirements appropriate for the intended use of the product. For some products it is more or less up to the end user to determine if a Class A or Class B compliant product is appropriate. You will find the Class A warning statement in the EN 55032 standard, Clause 7. Class A equipment shall have the following warning in the instructions for use, to inform the user of the risk of operating this equipment in a residential environment: W arning: This equipment is compliant with Class A of CISPR 32. In a residential environment this equipment may cause radio interference. Bill Stumpf - Lab / Technical Manager D.L.S. Electronic Systems, Inc. 166 South Carter Street Genoa City WI 53128 Ph: 262-279-0210 From: McBurney, Ian [mailto:ian.mcbur...@allen-heath.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 2:55 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG<mailto:EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG> Subject: [PSES] EN55032 definition of residential environment Dear colleagues In the 2015 edition of EN 55032 an interesting statement in clause 4. "Equipment intended primarily for use in a residential environment shall meet the class B limits. All other equipment shall comply with the Class A limits." I am unable to locate a definition for residential environment in the standard. Does anyone know of an official definition? Would sports stadia, theatres, hospitals, commercial industrial estates located in residential housing be included in residential environments? If the product is Class A, is the warning notice still required? “Warning. This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.” This used to be a requirement in EN 55022. Many thanks in advance. Ian McBurney Design & Compliance Engineer. Allen & Heath Ltd. Kernick Industrial Estate, Penryn, Cornwall. TR10 9LU. UK T: 01326 372070 E: ian.mcbur...@allen-heath.com<mailto:ian.mcbur...@allen-heath.com> Allen & Heath Ltd is a registered business in England and Wales, Company number: 4163451. Any views expressed in this email are those of the individual and not necessarily those of the company. - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. 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