RE: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-30 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
27 858-485-2537 - phone 858-485-3788 - fax (unattended) From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of John Woodgate Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 3:23 AM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Re: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis In message ,

RE: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-30 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
to:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of John Woodgate Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 3:23 AM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Re: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis In message , dated Fri, 30 Oct 2009, "ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen" wri

Re: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-30 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
In message , dated Fri, 30 Oct 2009, "ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen" writes: >Custom or not. It's the same. >CE marking applies also to single items to its full extend. The word >"custom" is not mentioned in the guide, nor "rack". > >From the Guide to 2004/108/EC : What you hav

Re: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-30 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
In message , dated Fri, 30 Oct 2009, "ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen" writes: >I'd prefer not to refer to Guides to >withdrawn directives. Not in general, >nor in this specific case. > >The term installation has been removed. >The choice now is: > >Apparatus or >Fixed Installation

RE: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-30 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
n: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] Namens John Woodgate Verzonden: Friday, October 30, 2009 9:35 AM Aan: emc-p...@ieee.org Onderwerp: Re: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis In message , dated Fri, 30 Oct 2009, John Woodgate writes: >My ad

RE: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-30 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
..@jmwa.demon.co.uk] Verzonden: Friday, October 30, 2009 9:14 AM Aan: ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen CC: emc-p...@ieee.org Onderwerp: Re: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis In message , dated Fri, 30 Oct 2009, "ce-test, qualified

Re: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-30 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
In message , dated Fri, 30 Oct 2009, John Woodgate writes: >My advice refers to **custom assemblies**, NOT single items of >commerce, which must be tested for EMC and safety as a whole, as I have >said many times. Maybe it would help if you looked at 6.5.2 of the Guidelines to the former EMC

Re: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-30 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
In message , dated Fri, 30 Oct 2009, "ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen" writes: > >Please all, be aware that this is a grey area in regulations in the EC >and I must all advice you to be careful when just assemble piles of >equipment in a rack, and put that on the EC market. AGAI

RE: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-30 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
's customers to any avoidable risk. Gert Gremmen Ce-test, qualified testing Van: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] Namens John Woodgate Verzonden: vrijdag 30 oktober 2009 8:01 Aan: emc-p...@ieee.org Onderwerp: Re: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant

Re: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-30 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
In message <380-2200910429224138...@earthlink.net>, dated Thu, 29 Oct 2009, Cortland Richmond writes: >Willful ignorance -- choosing to ignore a fact one knew or should have >known -- is far from being a defense when questioned on compliance >matters.  Would the choice not to test for combined

RE: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-29 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
Jim et al, I have been following this with a certain fascination. Willful ignorance -- choosing to ignore a fact one knew or should have known -- is far from being a defense when questioned on compliance matters. Would the choice not to test for combined leakage current in a medical device ren

Re: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-29 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
In message <690230e9cf51aa4ebf639fae9216d5b166e...@mer2-exchrec1.echostar.com>, dated Thu, 29 Oct 2009, "Grasso, Charles" writes: >There IS a difference between the two scenarios that you lay out John. >On the one hand you (or your company) assembles a number of products >into a rack for a s

RE: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-29 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
) 303-706-5467 (c) 303-204-2974 (t) 3032042...@vtext.com (e) charles.gra...@echostar.com (e2) chasgra...@gmail.com From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of John M Woodgate Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 4:24 AM To: EMC-PSTC Subject: Re: certifying overall produc

Re: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-29 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
In message <006401ca58b8$1b179ec0$5146dc40$@com>, dated Thu, 29 Oct 2009, Dennis Ward writes: >However, if a company has this great little idea of selling the same 5 >PCs and 5 cell phones devices connected all together in a 'rack', it is >extremely naïve of them to think that just because one

RE: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-29 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
2009 1:21 AM To: John Woodgate; EMC-PSTC Subject: RE: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis It doesn't matter if I agree, as it's technically not true. The EMC behavior will NOT be the same and in case of 4 identical equipments, having an emission spect

RE: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-29 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
t.-ID: DE 127472241 From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of John M Woodgate Sent: Donnerstag, 29. Oktober 2009 11:24 To: EMC-PSTC Subject: Re: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis In message , "ce-test, qualified testing bv

Re: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-29 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
In message , "ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen" writes > >If you (John) as a private person will do that, there is no problem, >buy a rack or cupboard from Ikea: it's the same. > >But if you ask a company to assemble such as >system (custom made) and sells it to you (independent of

RE: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-29 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis In message <690230e9cf51aa4ebf639fae9216d5b166e...@mer2-exchrec1.echostar.com>, dated Wed, 28 Oct 2009, "Grasso, Charles" writes: >What changes is if the four identical pieces are sold as a system and >now - as a system

RE: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-29 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
amens John Woodgate Verzonden: Thursday, October 29, 2009 7:04 AM Aan: emc-p...@ieee.org Onderwerp: Re: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis In message , dated Wed, 28 Oct 2009, John Woodgate writes: >>The EU - for quite a while - has had the opinion tha

RE: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-29 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
c-p...@ieee.org] Namens John Woodgate Verzonden: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 8:01 PM Aan: EMC-PSTC Onderwerp: Re: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis In message , dated Wed, 28 Oct 2009, "ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen" writes: >>&

Re: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-29 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
In message , dated Wed, 28 Oct 2009, John Woodgate writes: >>The EU - for quite a while - has had the opinion that CE+CE does NOT = >>CE (necessarily). >> >>This is a very perplexing question! > >No, it isn't. The principles were established LONG ago: they just >haven't penetrated, a situation

Re: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-28 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
In message <690230e9cf51aa4ebf639fae9216d5b166e...@mer2-exchrec1.echostar.com>, dated Wed, 28 Oct 2009, "Grasso, Charles" writes: >What changes is if the four identical pieces are sold as a system and >now - as a system - need to comply with the EU standards. > >The EU - for quite a while - h

RE: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-28 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis In message , dated Wed, 28 Oct 2009, "ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen" writes: >>>Not true for identical equipment. > >>Please cite the standard or regulation that supports that

Re: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-28 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
In message , dated Wed, 28 Oct 2009, "ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen" writes: >>>Not true for identical equipment. > >>Please cite the standard or regulation that supports that opinion. > >If it were valid for a rack of equipment, then that configuration would >have been part of

RE: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-28 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
multiple equipment in a rack are not tested it is not to be considered as true. Gert Van: John Woodgate [mailto:j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk] Verzonden: woensdag 28 oktober 2009 8:31 Aan: ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen CC: emc-p...@ieee.org Onderwerp: Re: certifying overall products vs. c

Re: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-28 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
In message , dated Wed, 28 Oct 2009, "ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen" writes: > >Not true for identical equipment. Please cite the standard or regulation that supports that opinion. >Any single product was tested as a single equipment and interaction in >the close field between

RE: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-28 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
alified testing bv Van: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] Namens John Woodgate Verzonden: woensdag 28 oktober 2009 7:15 Aan: emc-p...@ieee.org Onderwerp: Re: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis In message <463247.69084...@web112009.mail.gq1.

Re: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-28 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
In message <463247.69084...@web112009.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>, dated Tue, 27 Oct 2009, peter merguerian writes: >  >For EMI, I know the physics tto ebeaches us that CE + CE does NOT equal >CE (i.e. one compliant chassis combined with another compliant chassis >does not assure a compliant combinati

Re: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-28 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
Regarding the product safety issue, I have found there are five concerns: 1. Enclosure - rarely the rack has been relied on for enclosure of (recognized) products. 2. Stability - predictable with measurement data but its easier to directly test 3. Temperature - a difficult problem to predict. Compo

Re: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-28 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
Hello Jim, See below --- On Tue, 10/27/09, Knighten, Jim L wrote: From: Knighten, Jim L Subject: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis To: emc-p...@ieee.org Cc: "Rowson, Stuart" Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 2:

RE: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-27 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
I have not done systems that are as physically big or as yours, but this is how we have danced at the 'component vs systems' party. If you have data that indicates each combination of boxen has unique performance, then you must certify at system, so you ignore the following. 1. Provide, to marketi

Re: certifying overall products vs. certifying individual constituant chassis

2009-10-27 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
In message , dated Tue, 27 Oct 2009, "Knighten, Jim L" writes: >I get increasing pressure internally (economically driven) to declare >product certification done if all the constituent chassis are compliant >and certified. In Europe, the position is, or ought to be, fairly clear. If these a