From: peter.tar...@sanmina-sci.com [mailto:peter.tar...@sanmina-sci.com]
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 6:00 AM
To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Subject: UK in-service continuing compliance testing (was: RE: Safety
testing after equipment repair)
All -
As a matter of curiosity, are there any records of drop-out
rates (for equipment that was required to be removed from
service)? Short of that, any anecdotes? Are the pass/fail
criteria identical to those during type testing?
Peter,
[R_Hughes >] I have no records regarding failure rates, anecdotal or
otherwise.
[R_Hughes >] As I you will see from my earlier reply, the tests and hence
pass/fail criteria are not necessarily the same as those applied for type
testing. Why do I say "not necessarily "? Because the Electricity at Work
Regulations are secondary legislation and not standards and are written as
such, hence these regulations do not of themselves proscribe the exact tests
to be performed. If a company wanted to apply exactly the same tests on a
routine basis and they do under type test conditions then there are no
explicit requirements that I can recall in the Electricity at Work
Regulations that would prevent him/her from doing so {although I must say
that it's a while since I looked at it in detail, so if you want to be
certain I suggest you look for yourself).
Richard -
You say, "former piece of UK legislation." As in, "passed
into law," or, "passed away."
[R_Hughes >] If you look at the whole paragraph you will see that the
previous sentence mentioned two laws. Hence the word "former" referred to
the first of the two references. Both the Health and Safety at Work etc.
Act and the Electricity at Work Regulations are in force today.
Regards,
Richard
Regards,
Peter L. Tarver, PE
Product Safety Manager
Sanmina-SCI Homologation Services
San Jose, CA
peter.tar...@sanmina-sci.com
> From: Richard Hughes
> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 5:15 PM
>
> Rich, Gregg,
>
> The referenced
> document is "The Electricity at Work Regulations
> 1989" and they were
> implemented as a Statutory Instrument under the
> "Health and Safety at Work
> etc. Act 1973". The former piece of UK
> legislation has kept many a UK
> electrician in gainful employment over the years.
> It is also why, if you
> come to the UK, you often see paper labels saying
> 'tested for safety' or the
> like on mains powered products.
>
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