Sorry Ian, not so. If you had read the EMC column in RadCom you will see that complaints have been lodged with Ofcom by the RSGB EMCC with regard to computer SM PSU's. These are manufactured in China, fully CE marked, and sold through at least 3 well known electronic/computer outlets.
In all cases the PSU's have been CE tested with the required input suppression components fitted, however when they are supplied to the UK these components are omitted, and wire links fitted in their place. The conducted noise level from these PSU's exceeds the permitted levels by many times. This is a clear breach of EU EMC legislation, but so far no action has been taken. They have also turned up in quantity in France. I am sure that these outlets selling the PSU's demanded, and got the paperwork. Unfortunately it is worthless unless there is enforcement. To date, despite much communication there has been nothing from Ofcom to move the matter forward. Taking the PSU back to the shop is fine if you brought the unit. Not so easy if it is a neighbour who's computer SM PSU is wiping out the HF bands. Although, not an EMC matter fairly recently a young boy was electrocuted because a CE marked computer PSU was of such poor quality that a low voltage wire touched the mains input wiring. In this case Trading Standards are investigating (after the event)... I am sorry if is rather OT, however it should be of interest to those who believe that all is well on the EMC front... 73 Stewart G3RXQ Member RSGB EMC Committee On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:43:27 +0100, Ian White GM3SEK wrote: > Stewart Baker wrote: >> All fine in principle, but here in the UK, nobody is enforcing the EMC >> legislation. >> > It's true that nobody is enforcing it effectively against grey imports. > On the other hand, those are only a small minority of sales. The vast > majority of sales come from responsible manufacturers, through > responsible distributors. > > In Europe, the distributors provide the most effective enforcement of > manufacturing standards for consumer goods. This is because consumers in > Europe have strong legal rights which are directly against the > distributor. If there is a manufacturing defect, then in most cases the > consumer has a legal right to reject the goods and demand a refund from > the distributor. (Some distributors still try to fool customers into > going back to the manufacturer, but most consumers are becoming much > more savvy about the law. Refusal to give a refund *will* bring down > heavy enforcement from the consumer protection agencies.) > > The faulty goods then become the distributor's liability. Even if the > issue is eventually resolved with the manufacturer, the time and trouble > eats up everybody's profit margin. To avoid such situations as far as > possible, distributors routinely demand formal declarations of quality, > including compliance with all applicable standards. > > That still isn't to say that every declaration of compliance is > truthful, or that the technical standards themselves are totally > effective - far from it! - but even the present situation is a whole lot > better than nothing. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
