Re: [PSES] Fuses can affect performance other than safety!

2016-08-25 Thread Ken Javor
A very simple and inexpensive means of arranging staging is to introduce delays between left and right channels such that the sound appears to be coming from a particular direction. This is much easier to accomplish with headphones than loudspeakers, but it's the same principle. I've seen a

Re: [PSES] Fuses can affect performance other than safety!

2016-08-25 Thread Peter Tarver
I have heard of and known a few audiophiles that go to great lengths to have sound reproduced as accurately as possible and spend enormous sums to accomplish that. The term that was most silly in my view was holography; but I understood what was meant. The aforementioned audiophiles claim to

Re: [PSES] EU Enforcement of CE Marking Directives

2016-08-25 Thread Chuck August-McDowell
You might try the EU rapex database of products with removal / recalled from market (do not meet Directive requirements). http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/consumers_safety/safety_products/rapex/alerts/main/?event=main.search# Chuck McDowell Compliance Specialist Meyer Sound Laboratories Inc.

Re: [PSES] Ball pressure test of thermoplastic parts

2016-08-25 Thread John Woodgate
RE: finding the temperature at which the 2.0 mm dimple forms. I suspect that was abandoned because it's almost impossible to do in practice. In any case, it's not what you want to know for safety purposes. You want to know what the current test tells you; is the material overly soft at 125 C.

Re: [PSES] EU Enforcement of CE Marking Directives

2016-08-25 Thread John Woodgate
The stringency, and the enforcement procedures, vary in the different Member States. For example, in Britain, prosecution is a last resort, because it is very costly and the outcome may be uncertain. But the authorities can be VERY persuasive. Non-compliant products are confiscated, and the

Re: [PSES] Ball pressure test of thermoplastic parts

2016-08-25 Thread Peter Tarver
Kristiaan – Most of the responses agree with my understanding. I will add that my recollection of the origins of the test in 60950 was related to electrical connections under compressive loading where the compression is needed to establish and ensure an electrical connection. Some custom made

[PSES] EU Enforcement of CE Marking Directives

2016-08-25 Thread Jim Hulbert
Hi, I am interested in understanding how stringent the enforcement of CE marking directives is within the EU. Is there someplace where we can find enforcement actions that have been taken against companies for placing products on the market that don't fully meet the applicable Directives? I

Re: [PSES] Oil Spill recovery equipment for CE - Exemption??

2016-08-25 Thread John Allen
Evening all The Wheelmark Directive did cross my mind earlier at the time of the question but I was too “lazy” to follow-up on it right then! L (and I was busy working on installing another satellite dish – which my wife hates!!) The Wheelmark comes under Directive 2014/90/EU “DIRECTIVE

Re: [PSES] Oil Spill recovery equipment for CE - Exemption??

2016-08-25 Thread Douglas Nix
John, For marine applications, there is a “Wheelmark” that may be applicable in place of CE Marking. I don’t know too much about it, other than to say that I have run across references to it. Doug Nix d...@mac.com "If people don’t have an understanding of what science is and what scientists

Re: [PSES] Oil Spill recovery equipment for CE - Exemption??

2016-08-25 Thread john Allen
Charlie & Friends Whilst those exemptions do exist, the reality is, or could well be, that other requirements will come into play: - The shipping assessment bodies (Bureau Veritas, Lloyds, DNV, etc.) will have their requirements which could well parallel requirements to those of the

Re: [PSES] Oil Spill recovery equipment for CE - Exemption??

2016-08-25 Thread Charlie Blackham
John The rumour may be based on some fact, but might not be applicable to your product MD Article 1. 2. The following are excluded from the scope of this Directive: (f) seagoing vessels and mobile offshore units and machinery installed on board such vessels and/or units; (g) machinery

[PSES] Oil Spill recovery equipment for CE - Exemption??

2016-08-25 Thread John Allen
Hi, We're working with a client that supplies Oil Spill response equipment. We're evaluating the pumps and systems to the Machinery Directive, among others. However, I heard a "rumor" there is an exemption for Emergency Response Equipment. Has anyone heard this or knows of this exemption?

Re: [PSES] EMC & its role in reliability

2016-08-25 Thread Cortland Richmond
On 8/24/2016 8:15 PM, Ken Javor wrote: What I meant was that with a very high volume product, it is important to minimize the costs associated with each product unit (recurring costs) and thus it would be more economical when faced with an EMC noncompliance to find the source and snub it, as

Re: [PSES] Ball pressure test of thermoplastic parts

2016-08-25 Thread Carpentier Kristiaan
Thanks all for the better insight given! Best regards Kris Carpentier, From: John Allen [mailto:jral...@productsafetyinc.com] Sent: woensdag 24 augustus 2016 22:25 To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Ball pressure test of thermoplastic parts My interpretation of the rationale is