Saudi Customs getting like EU?

1996-08-12 Thread HUDSON@glamis
I got the following information from http://world.std.com/~inchcape/saso.html *** The Saudi Arabian Standards Organization (SASO) has announced the commencement of an International Conformity Certification Program (ICCP) and appointed Inchcape Testing Services as

alt.ce.mark

1996-08-09 Thread HUDSON@glamis
Retransmission of mid-July message, which didn't seem to get through: -- It's Friday afternoon (well, it is where I am), and it's been a hard week, so I thought I would bring some levity into these hallowed halls! Does anybody know of alternative definitions for EMC and C

Re: Please Help! Need EMI Shield for LCD Panel!

1996-08-01 Thread HUDSON@glamis
For shielded windows you could try: RFI Shielding Ltd., Warner Drive, Springwood Ind. Est. Rayne Road, Braintree, Essex CM7 7YW United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1376-342626 Fax: +44 (0)1376-346442 -- Chomerics Ltd. Unit 8, First Avenue, Globe Park Ind. Est. Marlow,

The Alternative CE Mark

1996-07-19 Thread HUDSON@glamis
It's Friday afternoon (well, it is where I am), and it's been a hard week, so I thought I would bring some levity into these hallowed halls! Does anybody know of alternative definitions for EMC and CE? The one's I have so far are: Even More Confusion End of My Career Exclusively Male Club Easy Mo

Re: Documentation Legal Rqmts

1996-07-11 Thread HUDSON@glamis
G'day! Mark Briggs wrote: > The DoC and Technical File (NOT to be confused with a > Tecnical Construction File) should be available to the > authorities upon request, To my knowledge, the only technical file associated with the EU EMC Directive _is_ the "Technical Construction File", and this i

Re: Documentation Legal rqmts

1996-07-10 Thread HUDSON@glamis
G'day! Mark Briggs wrote: > The DoC and Technical File (NOT to be confused with a Tecnical Construction > File) should be available to the authorities upon request, To my knowledge, the only technical file associated with the EU EMC Directive _is_ the "Technical Construction File", and this is

Re: CE & Military Equipment

1996-06-21 Thread HUDSON@glamis
> Francie Miller wrote: > I am seeking information pertaining to non-CE marked > equipment to be used by European military groups. If > anyone has country specific information or experience, > that would be most appreciated. > By "non-CE marked equipment" and "European military groups" I assu

Re: CE marking for replacement parts

1996-06-14 Thread HUDSON@glamis
Nick is quite correct, as usual. The first revision of: The GUIDELINES ON THE APPLICATION OF COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 89/336/EEC OF 3 MAY 1989 ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY has been issued. I got mine (in the UK), dated 12 April 96, fro

Pack of CE Marks?

1996-05-29 Thread HUDSON@glamis
There's been past discussions on the point that a collection of EMC compliant bits do not (necessarily) make for a compliant system. There's even guidelines on the fact that if you add a board (EMC CE-marked or not) to a compliant PC, you should still test the PC+board for continued compliance. Qu

Wriggling on a hook

1996-05-22 Thread HUDSON@glamis
Judging from the mail I received on my "Excluded Installations?" message, some things have become clear(er): 1) One Competent Body's opinion is not anothers - some said a collection of compliant parts made a compliant system and could be regarded as an excluded installation; and some said it didn'

Excluded Installation Revisited

1996-05-20 Thread HUDSON@glamis
To re-visit a previous theme "what is an excluded installation": 1a. The UK Statutory Instrument, clause 13, answers this with (paraphrased) "two or more items or systems put together at a given place to fulfil a specific objective but not designed by the manufacturer(s) for supply as a single uni

Taken into service?

1996-05-10 Thread HUDSON@glamis
G'day! A little thought ocurred on a late Friday afternoon:- The UK implementation of the EMC directive distinguishes between equipment "supplied" and "taken into service". The UKs DTI have indicated that equipment is "taken into service" and not "supplied" if it is made to the specification o

Re: ESD testing on exposed connector pins

1996-04-19 Thread HUDSON@glamis
Recently Ron Wellman wrote: > I believe that everyone contributing to this thread knows that zapping > pins of exposed connector pins is almost always a guaranteed failure. > Whether you fix it or not is a business decision, >From a European point of view, I would have thought that if the