To re-visit a previous theme "what is an excluded installation": 1a. The UK Statutory Instrument, clause 13, answers this with (paraphrased) "two or more items or systems put together at a given place to fulfil a specific objective but not designed by the manufacturer(s) for supply as a single unit".
1b. This seems rather "woolly" to me. 2a. The "sci.engr.electrical.compliance" Newsgroup FAQ has the above definition, but adds "In effect, an excluded installation is a collection of compliant apparatus." 2b. But, it then goes on "Thus a large installation supplied as a single unit is not excluded, where as one supplied by a number of manufacturers is outside the scope of the UK Regulations." 3. Now, we make Computer-based Trainers, where we buy-in "CE marked" computers, add our application software, cable it all up and deliver it as a single CBT system. So we meet the definition of 2a, i.e. it is a collection of compliant apparatus, but we do not meet 2b, as it is supplied as a single unit. Where does this get me - absolutely nowhere! I know of one Competent Body who has said that such a system (a collection of compliant apparatus) _is_ an excluded installation. But the above seems to indicate that his opinion is not universally shared. What do you all think? regards, ---------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Hudson EMC/EW Specialist Marconi Simulation (Scotland, UK) email1 [email protected] email2 [email protected] ----------------------------------------------------------------
