RE: year in which the CE mark was affixed marked on Declaration of Conformity

1999-08-06 Thread Alan Brewster
Paul, Thank you for your observation. The situation in many sectors is as you say. There are exceptions and the requirements are stated to cover those times when there is a lag between declaring the product compliant and taking it to market. The other reason why you should not mix the use of

RE: cost effective EMC facility

1999-08-06 Thread Ehler, Kyle
My lab is just 90Km from the world's largest salt mine (Cary Salt, Hutchinson Kansas, U.S.A.). The mine is 0.9Km underground. We send our records there for permanent archival. -I'll suggest this to my superiors as a possible OATS relocation site. [yeah, right!!] Imagine: negligible RF and

RE: WEEE Directive

1999-08-06 Thread Dieker, Paris
I guess some members of this group will interested to know that there are quite some lobbing activities underway. Here is a position paper from AEA (American Electronic Association) http://www.svtc.org/svtc/cleancc/weeeaea.htm and EUROBIT http://www.eurobit.org/pages/EUROBIT/POSITION/Pos032.html

Re: new legal issues

1999-08-06 Thread Chuck Freeman
California Code of Regulations 22 CCR 12601, which gives instructions on Clear and Reasonable Warnings required by Prop 65, can be found at http://www.oehha.org/prop65/pdf.zip/12601.pdf. Three types of exposure to listed chemicals, which would require warning, are defined in the regulations.

Re: Labelling - AC/DC Power adapter

1999-08-06 Thread PRYOR MCGINNIS
Tested to UL requirements is insufficient. The product needs to be UL tested and UL listed. -Original Message- From: sb...@ctlsg.creaf.com sb...@ctlsg.creaf.com To: EMC-PSTC (E-mail) emc-p...@ieee.org List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org Date: Friday, August 06, 1999 5:06 AM Subject:

Re: new legal issues

1999-08-06 Thread PRYOR MCGINNIS
I agree that you can't trust everyone to have common sense; however, common sense should be used in drafting Prop 65s. -Original Message- From: Price, Ed ed.pr...@cubic.com To: EMC PSTC emc-p...@ieee.org List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org Date: Thursday, August 05, 1999 11:42 PM

Re: Weee Directive

1999-08-06 Thread roger . viles
Summary info about the WEEE Directive, relevant also to the California warning notice required for lead content. Producer takes responsibility for pollution Compulsory targets by Jan 2006 target of 70% recycling or re-use by 2004 5% reuse of plastics in new products by 2004 Ban on lead,

RE: Are there 5x20mm Euro approved fuses 6.3 amps???

1999-08-06 Thread Colgan, Chris
See answers below Regards Chris Colgan EMC Safety TAG McLaren Audio Ltd mailto:chris.col...@tagmclarenaudio.com -Original Message- From: Grant, Tania (Tania) [SMTP:tgr...@lucent.com] Sent: 06 August 1999 03:18 To: 'emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org' Cc: Rasko, George (George)

Labelling - AC/DC Power adapter

1999-08-06 Thread sbtan
Hi, Would like to seek some advise/opinion on the followings : For AC/DC power adapter tested to UL1950(under class II insulation), what should the labelling on the adapter have : a) Cord connected Class II Power Units wording only b) Cord connected Class II Power Units wording and double

Are there 5x20mm Euro approved fuses 6.3 amps???

1999-08-06 Thread Grant, Tania (Tania)
Help and suggestions are appreciated from any corner! 1. What we really want is a 5x20mm fuse rated at 8.0 amps with UL, CSA, and European agency approvals. We find that these types of fuses seem to loose their European approvals above 6.3 amps.Why is this? 2.Are there other than

RE: new legal issues

1999-08-06 Thread Price, Ed
Eric: Better take a couple of deep breaths before your start advocating trade tariffs. I suppose that you would also advocate putting a line item surcharge on all of your products going to Europe to cover the cost of CE? Now, I'm not defending our Prop 65 too strongly. I think it's ridiculous

RE: cost effective EMC facility

1999-08-06 Thread KevinH
This goes back to the geek syndrome. That is: What did the circle say to the tangent line? Stop touching me! I think the salt mine was a tangent. -Original Message- From: Aschenberg, Mat [mailto:matt.aschenb...@echostar.com] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 1999 7:17 AM To: