Re: [PSES] ACMA labelling arrangement change announcement

2012-03-12 Thread Martin Garwood
Hi Ron, The ACMA are confident the new system will be in place July 1, although we are sceptical. Regards, Martin. From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of Ron Pickard RPQ Sent: Tuesday, 13 March 2012 2:17 PM To: 'Martin Garwood'; EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Su

Re: [PSES] ACMA labelling arrangement change announcement

2012-03-12 Thread Ron Pickard RPQ
Hi Martin, Thank you for the detailed brief summary. Does anyone know if the ACMA expects this to be in place and functioning by their effectivity date or will it be delayed. Have you heard if there any expectation or rumblings from the ACMA that this will be delayed? Also, if Sergei German

Re: [PSES] Identifying Apparatus in Europe Declarations of Conformity (DOCs)

2012-03-12 Thread Charlie Blackham
Monrad >My understanding is that unless the DOC cites the current harmonized >standards, >then a company must go to a notified body to get an exception and cite that >finding/exception in the DOC That is not required - the use of a NB is completely voluntary under the EMC Directive as per Art

Re: [PSES] Identifying Apparatus in Europe Declarations of Conformity (DOCs)

2012-03-12 Thread John Woodgate
In message <4f5e43dd.90...@oracle.com>, dated Mon, 12 Mar 2012, Monrad Monsen writes: By the way, the Europe Commission issued Decision 2010/571/EU on 24 Sep 2010 that announced expiration dates for several RoHS exemptions that were within a year of the decision. Fortunately, the more freque

Re: [PSES] Identifying Apparatus in Europe Declarations of Conformity (DOCs)

2012-03-12 Thread Monrad Monsen
John, Regarding the question "Are you implying that a notified body would freely support a product not updating to comply with new revisions of the harmonized standards?", you wrote: > Yes: It's possible. For example, an update might well require > emission testing above 1 GHz. If the product c

Re: [PSES] Identifying Apparatus in Europe Declarations of Conformity (DOCs)

2012-03-12 Thread John Cotman
Using a standard that gives a presumption of conformity has obvious benefits, both in the legal protection of due diligence and in meeting customer expectations. It would be rather perverse not to do so if there is a standard that is a good fit to the product. ITE is clearly the type of product w

Re: [PSES] TCOs in microwave oven

2012-03-12 Thread Brian Oconnell
UL923 -> potatoes + magnetron + transformer + fan -Original Message- From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org]On Behalf Of Scott Xe Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 2:37 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: TCOs in microwave oven In microwave ovens, there are a number of TCO

Re: [PSES] Identifying Apparatus in Europe Declarations of Conformity (DOCs)

2012-03-12 Thread John Woodgate
In message <4f5e1878.2000...@oracle.com>, dated Mon, 12 Mar 2012, Monrad Monsen writes: You made a very interesting statement ... especially for someone whose e-mail address indicates that you are in Europe.  You said: You have also complicated the issue by supposing that changed standards

Re: [PSES] Flash injury - a little OT but not too much I hope

2012-03-12 Thread Brian Oconnell
Many threads and images of flash damage here: http://forums.mikeholt.com/ -Original Message- From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org]On Behalf Of Mark Hone Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 8:47 AM To: EMC-PSTC Subject: Flash injury - a little OT but not too much I hope Dear Colleagu

[PSES] Flash injury - a little OT but not too much I hope

2012-03-12 Thread Mark Hone
Dear Colleagues, I give Electrical Health and Safety lectures here at work and one of the best props is a set photos of injuries to concentrate people’s minds at the start. I have one black and white one of someone’s hand showing flash injury blackening, which came from a washing machine I thin

Re: [PSES] Identifying Apparatus in Europe Declarations of Conformity (DOCs)

2012-03-12 Thread Monrad Monsen
John, You made a very interesting statement ... especially for someone whose e-mail address indicates that you are in Europe. You said: > You have also complicated the issue by supposing that changed standards > (as distinct from legislation) are "mandatory" -- they aren't. You are correct that

[PSES] Northeast Product Safety Society Meeting Wednesday, March 28th

2012-03-12 Thread Matthew Campanella
All,   There will be a Northeast Product Safety Society / CNEC Product Safety Engineering Society meeting on Wednesday, March 28th, at the Holiday Inn, Boxborough MA.  A social hour with light refreshments will begin at 7:00 PM and the technical meeting will start at 7:30 PM.  Bob Johnson ill b