Thank you for the many replies on this topic, as usual this forum has come
up trumps. I managed to compose a memo that persuaded our people that
modification kits should only be supplied to suitably qualified
distributors.
Cheers
Chris Colgan
Compliance Engineer
TAG McLaren Audio Ltd
The
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Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 12:16 PM
To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Subject: RE: product modifications by the end user
One solution that would soon get rid of the problem at its source,
would be to have the Marketing Moron do a few of the upgrades himself.
With any luck, he would find out
I read in !emc-pstc that Allen, John john.al...@uk.thalesgroup.com
wrote (in 999c839e7e27d41185ec00d0b7473692024cd...@norway.int.rdel.co.u
k) about 'product modifications by the end user', on Tue, 19 Mar 2002:
John Allen
Thales
Bracknell
(This is probably my last post on the forum as I will be
still be some EMC issues to address but safety compliance is not
impossible!
Bill Ellingford
-Original Message-
From: geor...@lexmark.com [mailto:geor...@lexmark.com]
Sent: 19 March 2002 14:26
To: Colgan, Chris
Cc: 'Emc-Pstc' (E-mail)
Subject: Re: product modifications by the end user
One solution that would soon get rid of the problem at its source,
would be to have the Marketing Moron do a few of the upgrades himself.
With any luck, he would find out firsthand the effects of electrical
current flow through the human body. :)
Bob Wilson
TIR Systems Ltd.
Vancouver.
:
o.ieee.org Subject: RE: product
modifications by the end user
I read in !emc-pstc that Colgan, Chris chris.col...@tagmclaren.com
wrote (in AE0F4BD08FEAD211895900805FE67B1F01090F0D@CAT) about 'product
modifications by the end user', on Tue, 19 Mar 2002:
Just say someone in your marketing department came up with the bright idea
of selling upgrade kits to an
Chris
I would be inclined to look at the General Product Safety Directive
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/1992/en_392L0059.html and the
Product Liability Directive
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/1999/en_399L0034.html
You would probably also have to look at case law which
Chris,
Every set of existing rules has an intent, to be achieved by
following the letter of the rules. Personally, I always consider
meeting the intent far superior to meeting the letter of rules.
Example, the letter of the law says we must stop at stop signs before
proceeding. The intent is
Chris,
I'm not sure about EN60065, but in EN60950 the user is always considered to be
unqualified personnel and therefore does not know what they are exposing
themselves to. If you invite a user to remove a cover from a unit (even if you
have told them to disconnect the mains) the whole of the
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