Gary, my understanding is section B applies to electric utilities only, or electric utility hardware. In some cases a company might have their own electric generation capability so it would apply to that equipment as well. It does not apply to generic industrial equipment.
Something to big to fit in a chamber may be tested at the location where it is installed. Several of the test houses have mobile test vehicles to do such testing. Jim On Dec 16, 2016 1:51 PM, "Gary McInturff" <[email protected]> wrote: > *This seems to imply that as long as your sticking a device normally > subject to the published limits and tests can be ignored if it is going > into a large industrial park. So for example and automated box sealing > equipment located inside of an industrial part is exempted from the limits > and tests normally associated with digital equipment. There is still the > caveat that it can’t interfere but I assume that this would only happen > because of a complaint from adjacent users. How about theme parks etc. The > public utilities in the US have many exemptions to the regulations but not > industrial locations. I presumed that testing in those case for large > equipment that didn’t fit in a chamber was subject to at least in-situ > testing. 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