G'day! A little thought ocurred on a late Friday afternoon:- The UK implementation of the EMC directive distinguishes between equipment "supplied" and "taken into service".
The UKs DTI have indicated that equipment is "taken into service" and not "supplied" if it is made to the specification of the Customer. If equipment is "supplied" it needs to meet the protection requirements; the conformity assessment requirements; be CE marked; and have a DoC (all as defined in UK regulations 28 & 30). If the equipment is "taken into service" it only needs to meet the protection requirements. Now perhaps I am completely dense, but could someone explain how this helps at all in a real practical sense? As far as I can see, to know that you have met the protection requirements, and to prove it, you would need to test it, or use the TCF route (with Competent Body approval). In other words, the only real difference between "taken into service" and "supplied" is that you save the cost of the paper of the CE label and the DoC !! Or am I losing my marbles...? ---------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Hudson EMC/EW Specialist Marconi Simulation (Scotland, UK) email1 [email protected] email2 [email protected] ----------------------------------------------------------------
