Re: [PSES] CE marking - mixture of responsibilities

Dave,My experience is that products which are certified to worldwide harmonized standards - eg 60950 or 61010 - are evaluated for the full voltage and frequency as stated on the product nameplate and reported in both the NRTL cert report as well as the CB report. If you are not asking

Re: [PSES] CE marking - mixture of responsibilities

John,Yes, there are many very clever ways to cheat in life. In this case no NRTL mark invalidates the acceptability of the CE marking downstream; the importers QA inspection is needed. My suggestion only works if the folks downstream who are on the hook legally for the Euro

Re: [PSES] CE marking - mixture of responsibilities

James & PSnet folks, I could envision a scenario that could be more comfortable for all. If the same product was sold worldwide and bore a US NRTL (UL, etc) mark along with the CE marking then the importer would know that the factory was having quarterly construction inspections. At

Earth Leakage Measurement Circuit per EN 60950

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Re: NRTL acceptance of component certifications

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RESP: Compressed Air. Pneumatics, Safety requirements

compliance with the requirements therein. I hope that this helps. - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 +1/503/452-1201 phone/fax p.perk...@ieee.org email visit our website

POWER CORDS color code FOR SOUTH AMERICA.

as an issue... c'est la vie... newbies are born every day -both buying and selling... What's the lesson? better adopt the test house motto: Trust and verify! - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 +1

Flame retardants; PBBs, PBDEs etc...

for some time... Europeans won't shut down progress overnite... besides, there's plenty of market in the rest of the world - which isn't so fussy at this point... - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427

Hot Surface. Hot air.

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abstract; insulation stress calculation

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Equipment Produced in Series

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U.S. National Product Safety Certification requirement thread

how they might implement such a program; I don't know the status of the programs in states such as Washington, California and Texas. - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 +1/503/452-1201 phone/fax

IEC950 vs. EN 60950

requirements based upon case law that companies have to meet in America - such as the use of ANSI labels else the product markings are deficient. So, get the local standards and comply with them... that's the requirement. :) br, Pete Perkins - - - - - Peter E

French Customs demand EC Declaration!

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CSA C22.2 No. 950

a dozen pages on markings and instructions). If you still don't want to buy the standard, give me a call - that's what I do... :) br, Pete Perkins - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 +1

Euro equipment classification

of these issues... As an alternative, why not consider the equipment under EN 61010 which applies to Process control, Laboratory and Test equipment... If you believe that it falls under the scope of such.. - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety

Methanol

sea of reguatory affairs... unless, of course, you'd like some consultant to take the time to review the standards for you and provide the answer... for an appropriate fee, of course... contact me privately, if you're interested... :) br, Peter - - - - - Peter E Perkins

conductive part definitions

part' or call it a 'Non-electrical conductive part'? Why do you prefer one name over the other? Keep those cards and letters coming, folks... we'll tally the votes and let you know how it comes out... :) br, Pete Perkins - - - - - Peter E Perkins

Product Liability Prevention competition

for corporate improvement that the Quality professional needs to spearhead. This is one of the most credible new areas for Quality, with the unsurpassed potential for overall corporat improvement and gain in profit. - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant

CE marking - self-certification and the long arm of the law

to provide the 'going to jail' person. There are, also, some firms (legal firms, as I remember) who will sign and hold your MDoC, etc for a nominal fee... What other routes might be available? perhaps others have some ideas... - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal

CE marking - self-certification

to the requirments because you didn't understand the usual Euro interpretation of the requirements... This little homily can, again, be classified as a word to the wise or deficient... pick your poison... - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety

response to Heater Air Temperature question

parts Hope that this helps... - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 +1/503/452-1201 phone/fax p.perk...@ieee.org email visit our website: http

plug adapters/power cord plugs problem

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LED Reqs under A11 to EN60950

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Suppressor - ungrounded

(or as clean as is needed)? Seems that the supressor device will not do what you want it to if it cannot shuttle the transient pulse away from the phone line :) br, Pete Perkins - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard

machinery directive related questions

requirements. This documentation becomes part of the Technical File. - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 +1/503/452-1201 phone/fax p.perk...@ieee.org email visit our website

Sound pressure measurements

requirements. Requirements are in place for both noisy shop environments as well as offices, as I understand it. hope this helps... :) br, Pete Perkins - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 +1

EN60950

Dan, I normally buy my Euro standards directly from BSI in the UK. They accept VISA charges and will mail the document right away. You can contact them by phone at +44/181/996-7000 and fax them at +44/181/996-7001. - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product

60204

. So, don't despair... there will be a new EN, but it's not yet announced... (It will probably be announced yesterday since I seem to be so certain)... - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 +1/503/452-1201

Are all these agencies really necessary?

you're working (which is better than the alternative)... - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 +1/503/452-1201 phone/fax p.perk...@ieee.org email visit our website: http

ultrasonic cleaners

technical file... :) br, Pete Perkins - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 +1/503/452-1201 phone/fax p.perk...@ieee.org email visit our website: http

more: IEC 50 definition of professional

a non-professional or consumer use of your product, your claim of 'professional' use goes out the window... good opportunity for a lot of lawyers to make a few bucks - no matter which side they work... - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant

more certification ...

and be prepared for the consequences... - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 +1/503/452-1201 phone/fax p.perk...@ieee.org email visit our website: http

Power transformers, certification, etc...

that enforcement of these local requirements has developed at about the same time... - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 +1/503/452-1201 phone/fax p.perk...@ieee.org email visit our

Re: isopropyl alcohol

on it... - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 +1/503/452-1201 phone/fax p.perk...@ieee.org email visit our website: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/peperkins - - - - -

UL Listed vs UR Recognized

compliance for the EU... :) br, Pete - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 +1/503/452-1201 phone/fax p.perk...@ieee.org email visit our website: http

IEC 60204-1:1997 ve EN 60204-1:1992

this year (1998). So, pick up the 97 edition if you want a preview of coming attractions... - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 +1/503/452-1201 phone/fax p.perk...@ieee.org email visit our

Highpot testing

question about purchasing the 300VA unit yourself after some investigation... - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 +1/503/452-1201 phone/fax p.perk...@ieee.org email visit our website

Re: UL1950 and Clause 2.4.2, Limited Current Circuits

meters utilizing this network are available, altho I always like to look at the waveform too because of the controversy over peak vs rms measurements... :) br, Pete Perkins Convenor, IEC TC74/WG5; IEC 990 - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product

60Hz EM fields

that there is or is not a link between the EMF and human illness... so the controversy will continue to rage... - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 +1/503/452-1201 phone/fax p.perk...@ieee.org email

CE technical file format

website, for instance)... - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 +1/503/452-1201 phone/fax p.perk...@ieee.org email visit our website: http://ourworld.compuserve.com

Symbol for flashing

be backed up with some research that shows the natural association of the symbol with the desired action. Manufacturer's have paid big buck$ because they couldn't show this association. So, Jim, move ahead thoughtfully on this... - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal

Leakage current

by a broad group of users. Just as with any other bad experience with a product, a user will tell 10 times more people of their bad experience than they will of their good experience with a product. - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant

Machinery Directive - Annex 4 - Notified Bodies

... :) br, Pete Perkins - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 +1/503/452-1201 phone/fax p.perk...@ieee.org email visit our website: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages

IEC 1000-3-2, -3

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IEC 950 and amendments

the entire standard again. - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 +1/503/452-1201 phone/fax p.perk...@ieee.org email visit our website: http://ourworld.compuserve.com

CE Technical Documentation

the term a specific meaning within the document you are reading at the time... As an aside, the term dossier is the French term for file or record... Now, go organize your CE Technical Construction Documentation Dossier File Record. - - - - - Peter E

Paper insulation abstract...

variations are attributed to the slow diffusion of ions through the stack, particularly those held at the interfaces between layers. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol 5, No 1, Feb 98. - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product

PD article abstract...

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abstract: emc susceptibility of slotted screens article

to resonances of the shorted scree, provided that the fields do not vanish near the aperture. Index Terms:Electromagnetic coupling, finite-element methods, scattering matrices, shielding. - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant

fu: GTEM cell abstract

caught misapplying the tools in some way that leads to non-compliance... I would hope that others would offer such educational information on this net also... - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427

Aging model article

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Responsibility for DoC

) and issue your own Manufacturer's Declaration of Conformity; the manufacturing plant will apply the CE marking at your direction... - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 +1/503/452-1201 phone/fax

IEC 204 AC Supplies spec

have line generators with variable input conditions which can also provide these conditions. - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 +1/503/452-1201 phone/fax p.perk...@ieee.org email

List of countries in the CB Scheme

PSNet The most definitive way to get the list of countries that are accepted into the CB Scheme is to subscribe to the CB Bulletin OC. This may be ordered thru your National Certification Body else subscribe directly thru the IEC office in Geneva. - - - - - Peter E

mains transients information/sources

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Insulation impulse breakdown abstract

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Acoustics/Noise... limits

summarized provide for uniformity of measurement in this regard. :) br, Pete Perkins - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 +1/503/452-1201 phone/fax p.perk...@ieee.org email

CE marking - large equipment

is in compliance. Marking of the equipment, of course, will be required in perpetuity. :) br, Pete Perkins - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 +1/503/452-1201 phone/fax p.perk...@ieee.org

CE marking components... a breath of fresh air...

loaded with the CE-marked components makes the products better, tactfully inform them that they're wrong. If you want your products to pass compliance tests, you'll have to design them with compliance in mind. - - - - - submitted by Peter E Perkins

software documentation - IEC 61506

- and include normal American practice...) - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 +1/503/452-1201 phone/fax p.perk...@ieee.org email visit our website: http

UK safety requiremens

Directive has an extensive checklist for manufacturers who need guidance for evaluating their equipment against the requirements of the Directive. :) br, Pete Perkins - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Engineer Tigard, ORe 97281-3427

insulation, hi freq effects

properties, the impregnation of the winding should permanently fill up the gaps between the wires. ... It would be very interesting to see the results of a similar study for SMPS. :) br, Pete Perkins - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety

Expanding your EU view...

who'se next... :) br, Pete Perkins - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal product safety engineer Tigard,ORe 97281-3427 +1/503/452-1201 fone/fax p.perk...@ieee.org email visit our www site: http

Rated voltage, above below

that manufacturers list this Directive on their MDoC along with IEC/EN 950 (or other appropriate EN) to show conformance to the requirements. :) br, Pete Perkins - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal product safety consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 +1/503/452

CE marking for Beta units...

purposes, the use restrictions are so limited that, in reality, it's more cost effective to get the certification finished and the equipment CE marked before it is imported into the EU... :) br, Pete Perkins - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal product safety

Documentation ...

PSNet It's been pretty clear from the initial implementation of the CE marking scheme which is based on the Manufacturer's Declaration of Conformity that one of the key elements would be that, upon request, manufacturer's would have to provide their support information in a timely way.

How many Directives ???

... Oh well, more grist for the mill... :) br, Pete Perkins - - - - - Peter E Perkins, PE Principal product safety consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 +1/503/452-1201 phone/fax p.perk...@ieee.org email - - - - -

CE marking quality system

of the control process. My point is that even if your process is not registered, it ought to be good enough to be registered - that's the litmus test... So use ISO 9000 as the basis for your Quality System... :) br, Pete Perkins _ _ _ _ _ Peter E Perkins, PE Principal

Single MDoC

the sign in the outhouse (WC to some): the job is not over until the paperwork is finished. :) br, Pete Perkins - - - - - Peter E Perkins Principal Product Safety Consultant Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 503/452-1201 p.perk...@ieee.org - - - - -