PS Net There have been a lot of opinions given... some in the spirit of the requirements others shaving the edge of the written requirements...
One factor that clouds the issue is that of who will install this equipment... in one case mentioned - the cash dispensing machines - it may be reasonable for an installer to add a plug to the power cord and expect that proper connections be made where it is pretty certain that the installer is an employee of the manufacturer or distributor or a qualified electrician... on the other hand, for products that are sold directly to users for personal or commercial use where it is intended to be installed by untrained, not-specifically-qualified individuals in a home or office it seems unreasonable to expect a proper connection between any plug and wiring so country specific plugs ought to be supplied... I realize that supplying the variations is a pain but it's just one of the costs of doing business... besides, you do have to keep the customer happy, in spite of what's required... would you buy a product that didn't directly plug into your outlet? or if you did buy the product unsuspecting such (and did the workaround to get it working), would you tell your friends about your unhappy experience? marketing data suggests that we tell 10x more folks of our bad experiences with product purchases than we do our good ones... Anyway, that's my 2 cents worth today... - - - - - 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 - - - - - --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, j...@gwmail.monarch.com, ri...@sdd.hp.com, or roger.volgst...@compaq.com (the list administrators).