Re: red LED restrictions for China?

2007-01-30 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
RE: red LED restrictions for China? Consider this extract from IEC 60950-1: 1.7.8.2 Colours Where safety is involved, colours of controls and indicators shall comply with IEC 60073. Where colours are used for functional controls or indicators, any colour, including red, is permitted provided th

Re: red LED restrictions for China?

2007-01-30 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
.50AM Subject: RE: red LED restrictions for China? Consider this extract from IEC 60950-1: 1.7.8.2 Colours Where safety is involved, colours of controls and indicators shall comply with IEC 60073. Where colours are used for functional controls or indicators, any colour, including red, is perm

Re: red LED restrictions for China?

2007-01-30 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
Havn't heard this in quite a few years. I think it was the late 80's and a Ergonomics specification from Germany IIRC. I don't recall if it went away because of European harmonization or just went away. Supposedly having Red LED's in the operator area could cause Eye Strain, IIRC.

RE: red LED restrictions for China?

2007-01-30 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
Consider this extract from IEC 60950-1: 1.7.8.2 Colours Where safety is involved, colours of controls and indicators shall comply with IEC 60073. Where colours are used for functional controls or indicators, any colour, including red, is permitted provided that it is clear that safety is not i

RE: red LED restrictions for China?

2007-01-30 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
We use hundreds of red LEDs on our mixing consoles - usually to indicate signal peaking, mutes and microphone phantom power - and we've never had a problem with products exported to China. Not a definitive answer I know, but an insight Chris _ C

Re: red LED restrictions for China?

2007-01-29 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
In message <609e6c541b96344484a45ed7b6275d7a04a6a...@ca-evs02.pelco.org>, dated Mon, 29 Jan 2007, "Summers, Chet" writes >are there any restrictions on using red indicator LEDs in electronic >products intended for export to China?  I don't know about China, but in Europe, equipment associated