If any of those products you mention have 220/240V equivalents for use in Europe they will have a CE mark (according to ISO/IEC Guide 22 and EN45014). As such the Declaration Of Conformity should be available for public scrutiny. Some firms actually publish their DOCs on the web to engender confidence in their products. The DOC will list all appropriate specifications, emc, safety, etc to which the product must conform.
Is there a US equivalent to this? David G3UNA > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: 2007/04/17 Tue PM 08:33:44 BST > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Re: FCC rules part 18 [CF bulbs vs. LED] > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > It is possible that the push > > to legislate use of CF is an attempt by the CF industry to cement > their > > use before LED lighting reaches this stage. > > Maybe, but I doubt it, because all the legislation I've heard of is > simply aimed > against conventional incandescents. LEDs will benefit too. > > IMHO, the push is driven by two concerns. > > First is the desire to "do something" about energy policy/greenhouse > gases/pollution/conservation/etc., > and reducing the enormous number of kWh used to power incandescents is > a quick fix - or seems > to be, anyway. > > Second is the need/desire to avoid building more power plants and > transmission lines > by reducing demand. New York City is doing things like replacing all > its traffic lights with > LEDs for demand reduction. > > -- > > While I'm all for energy efficiency, and use CFLs myself, I would > rather see people educated to replace low-efficiency > devices and systems with high-efficiency ones rather than by outlawing > any particular technology. > There are some applications where incandescents may be needed or > preferred to other > technologies. And CFLs are already cost-effective for most > applications, while LEDs soon will be. > > 73 de Jim, N2EY > > (Elecraft products don't use incadescents at all, IIRC) > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free > from AOL at AOL.com. > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
