Safety / Notebooks

1997-08-13 Thread Andreas Thomas
Dear Compliance Colleagues: I like to hear your opinion regarding following questions: 1) PCMCIA-cards *Have someone ever heard about safety problems (e.g. heat) caused by PCMCIA-cards? *Have someone a good idea how to prepare a warning in the operator's manual that the manufacturer of the n

RE: Safety / Notebooks

1997-08-14 Thread Mel Pedersen
rg Subject: Safety / Notebooks Dear Compliance Colleagues: I like to hear your opinion regarding following questions: 1) PCMCIA-cards *Have someone ever heard about safety problems (e.g. heat) caused by PCMCIA-cards? *Have someone a good idea how to prepare a warning in the operator's m

Re: Safety / Notebooks

1997-08-14 Thread sgour
This comment is based on Rich Nute's response, that in USA Class 2 Limited Powered devices need not carry a third party certification. Since the scope of UL 1950 is also the same as IEC 950, where is this exemption for US actually coming from? SGour @brother.com RCIC - http://www.rcic.com Re

RE: Safety/Notebooks

1997-08-15 Thread Griffin, Robert
r, Corp. Product Regulations robert.grif...@compaq.com -Original Message- From: c=US;a= ;p=COMPAQ;dda:ZID=; Sent: Wednesday, 13 August, 1997 5:24 AM To: Griffin, Robert; c=US;a= ;p=COMPAQ;dda:ZID=; Subject:Safety / Notebooks Dear Compliance Colleagues: I like to hear your o

Re: Safety / Notebooks

1997-08-14 Thread Rich Nute
Hello Andreas: 1) PCMCIA cards. a. I have not heard of any safety problems IN PCMCIA cards. It is possible that a fault in the card could cause an overheating event in the card. For an overheating event to develop into a fire, the combination of the