As a point of reference water boils at 100 C. Would you stick your hand
in a pot of boiling water? Even if safety standards allow more through
omissions than intent) I wouldn't release this product as is. Image the
juries reaction when the lawsuit hits the courts.
Gary McInturff
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Dupres [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 1998 2:35 PM
To: Juan Pedro Peña
Cc: emc-pstc
Subject: Safety at very low temperature
Hi Juan.
You said:
< Intuitively, I consider that it should be banned that
somebody could touch a metallic tube at -100 ºC for safety
reasons, but
I have no standard requirement. >
If you are building electrical equipment, then as long as you
comply with
the requirements of IEC 1010 or EN61010 then you can place a CE
mark
legally. If the standard doesn't quote a minimum temperature,
then it need
not be taken into account for compliance purposes.
However, in operation, if someone is harmed by the equipment
then they can
sue you, ot you may be causing an offence under your local
safety laws.
But the CE mark exists primarily to ease free trade, not to
prove safety or
quality.
Just an opinion.
Chris Dupres
Surrey, UK.
