Judging from the mail I received on my "Excluded Installations?" message, some things have become clear(er):
1) One Competent Body's opinion is not anothers - some said a collection of compliant parts made a compliant system and could be regarded as an excluded installation; and some said it didn't. In other words, your opinion (assuming it is an informed opinion) is as good as theirs. 2) It looks like an "excluded installation" is one which is "bricked-in", i.e. it is not mobile, and could only be moved by knocking the building down. This is borne out somewhat by the latest Brussels Guidleines (issued by the DTI on 12th April 96) 3) Even the UK's "military equipment" exclusion is going out the window - the latest issue of Def Stan 59-41 calls up EC Directives in numerous places. Conclusions: a) You can wriggle all you want on the hook, but compliance with the EMC Directive is required for damn (is that word allowed?) near everything, it will cost you money, and there's no real exclusions for most of us! b) It would appear that Competent Bodies have Legal Authority, but no Legal Responsibility, so if they give bum advice (as can be seen from the excluded installation matter - half of them must be wrong!) it's your neck in the noose, not theirs. c) Make everything compliant, it's easier in the long run! C'est la vie :>) PS: No offence intended to Competent Bodies - they're just doing their job as best they can and trying to interpret the rules, same as the rest of us poor schmucks. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Hudson EMC/EW Specialist Marconi Simulation (Scotland, UK) email1 [email protected] email2 [email protected] ----------------------------------------------------------------
