Hi Richard:
> The manufacturer must keep these > available for the inspectors that appear each quarter. To my knowledge, no third-party certifier has required such records. Most would like you to do so, and if you volunteered, they would be very happy and would not discourage you from doing so. But, such record-keeping is not a requirement. You need only show, at the time of the inspection, that you are using the correct parts. You need not prove that at times prior to the inspection you were using the correct parts. This is parallel to hi-pot testing. You need only show, at the time of inspection, that you are hi-potting the products. You need not provide hi-pot test records from the time of the last inspection. The purpose of the unannounced, drop-in inspection is to determine that, at that moment, you are building the product in accordance with the requirements. The assumption is that if you are in accordance with the requirements at the moment of the inspection, then you are also in accordance with the requirements at the other times. Supposedly, a successful inspection confirms your process, and therefore all units built in accordance with your process are also in accordance with the safety requirements. If you have any doubt of what I say, check your UL FUS procedure and equivalents from the other certification houses. These documents spell out your obligations. Any record-keeping beyond these is voluntary on your part, and very likely may be the result of "jawboning" on the part of your inspector. (You remember "jawboning" from the Nixon era: talk as if the requirement is a law even though it is not.) Ask your inspector where such record-keeping is spelled out in the certification house rules. I'll bet a beer to each of you who asks this question and gets, in response (and provides me with a copy), a written certification house policy requirement (applicable to all clients) to keep such plastic cert records! Best regards, Rich ------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Nute Product Safety Engineer Hewlett-Packard Company Product Regulations Group AiO Division Tel : +1 619 655 3329 16399 West Bernardo Drive FAX : +1 619 655 4979 San Diego, California 92127 e-mail: [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------- --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators).
