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Item Subject: Above and Below
Hello Vic,
In the absence of specific European Community provisions governing the
safety of a product, the General Product Safety Directive (92/59/EEC)
prevails. Your market may already dictate that you have to apply the LVD
and hence EN 60950 for ITE. See what the competition is doing. However, to
play it safe, at least apply the LVD and IEC 950 for the cases below and
investigate the safety mechanisms for high voltage. You could apply other
standards like IEC 1010-1. However, the bottom line is to always make the
product safe. You don't always need a standard to verify this. Using
common sense is a good way to accomplish this.
Regards,
Ron Wellman
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Subject: Above and Below
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Alto,shargw3
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Date:7/10/96 2:43 AM
Interesting question came up at the EU seminar yesterday in Toronto, where
nobody really was able to give a definitive answer.
Questions comes in an EU related version and in a general version.
What are the regulatory requirements for a device that has a "rated voltage"
below the limits of the LVD, but has inside voltages that are:
(a) within the scope of the LVD
(b) higher than the scope of the LVD
What are the requirements for a device that has a "rated voltage"
below the limits of IEC-950, bust has inside voltages that are:
(a) within the scope of IEC-950
(b) higher than the scope of IEC-950
We all knew the common-sense answer, but common sense is nothing
than the sum total of what you've learned before age 18 (I believe).
Off for San Jose now. Tata
Vic Boersma
