>EMI and safety approvals... But, obviously, that is impractical to transport a room-sized installation to a testing lab
You don't need to, yet another urban myth probably not exactly discouraged by the test houses who want your money ;-) You can self certify and providing you take "reasonable measures" during the design and construction phase you will be fine. You will need to maintain a product design file for each installation showing all the steps you have taken to comply with the regulations and that is then your "proof of compliance". Even if it turns out that your product does break the EMC regulations as long as you have the file showing you took "reasonable measures" you are fine as the rules allow for this. That is also the same way you comply with the RoHS rules here in the UK so extending our design file from the CE requirements to encompass the RoHS requirements is not really as much of a burden as some so called experts would have you believe ;-) Regards, Peter Smith Raster Vision Ltd -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Elson Sent: 20 December 2005 19:09 To: Protel EDA Discussion List Subject: Re: [PEDA] Lead Free... Kathy Quinlan wrote: > OK on this issue, is there an opt out clause for small run products ?? > > EG most of my work is 1 -100 units, never more than 1K (if I did more > than that it would be a miracle) > > So would these type of products be generally exempt ? > > Some have auto exemption due to being Medical etc. But I have not seen > a decent document explaining it in terms that apply as most seem to > assume 100's of K units a year. From what I've read, even custom installations, like sound systems in a theater, need to have EMI and safety approvals. But, obviously, that is impractical to transport a room-sized installation to a testing lab. None of this stuff makes any sense to me, I'm in the same predicament. I hate to just refuse all sales to Europe, but I'm considering it. I sell single units to end users in most cases. Jon ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
