Brian, I have also used European EMC testing without FCC using CISPR 11 (EN55011) Class A Group 2. Occasionally we have a customer that needs to see FCC part 18 compliance and we have asked out test lab (TUVPS, Boulder, Colorado) to use the test data from the CISPR test and translate it into FCC part 18 and write a report. This has been enough for our customers and the fee charged by TUVPS was nominal as their time was only for a couple of hours. This was essentially a documentation charge.
I'm sure that this kind of report could be written for Class A as well. Doug Powell Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. ---------- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Self Declare to FCC-B List-Post: [email protected] Date: Monday, June 16, 1997 6:38PM My company manufactures products that do no legally have to have FCC. Because of the EMC directive in Europe we are testing our products and self declaring compliance to EN55011 class B. Our products also comply to the FCC class B requirements but we do not wish to go through the added cost and time to obtain an FCC grant or to have our products tested to an accredited test lab. I know I can self declare to FCC-A but would like to self declare to class B. I have a problem with the last sentence in the required class A text; "Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at their own expense". THIS WOULD BE A LIE because my product meets the class B requirements. If I self declare to class A, can I omit or change the last sentence to be more correct or reflex the fact that my product meets class B? Why can't I self declare FCC class B? I'm not stating anything that is not true. Has anyone out there tried self declaring to FCC class B using test data from your own lab? If so, any suggestions on labeling and user manual text? Thanks for you time. Brian Kunde LECO Corp.
