>From what I have read in various standards (national & International - and I v'e read a few in my 17 years as a compliance engineer) these items are generally exempt from meeting these requirements.
Obviously, as someone mentioned in an earlier message, Health & Safety laws require that the employee be safe. Therefore, (I would do it anyway - laws or not) any test jig should always be designed with product safety standards in mind anyway. As far as EMC is concerned, you obviously don't want the test jig to interfere with other nearby equipment. Your general EMC design practices should be used even with test jigs. Personally, I don't change my design practices because it is a test jig. John A. Juhasz Product Qualification & Compliance Engr. Fiber Options, Inc. 80 Orville Dr. Suite 102 Bohemia, NY 11716 USA Tel: 516-370-1324 Fax: 516-567-8322 -----Original Message----- From: Colgan, Chris [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 6:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Equipment designed and manufactured for use in-house I don't know whether the LV and EMC Directives apply to in house manufcatured test boxes, test jigs and the like. One thing I do know is that if I told my manager that we had to test all our stuff and either chuck out or modify anything that didn't comply he'd string me up.... Chris Colgan EMC & Safety TAG McLaren Audio Ltd mailto:[email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: 13 August 1999 07:22 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Equipment designed and manufactured for use in-house > > > Dear All, > > A question from UK: > > Does anyone have a strategy for handling the Low Voltage and EMC Directive > requirements relating to equipment made for use in-house? > > By this, I mean test boxes, power supplies, break-out boxes, etc. > > These products are not meant to be offered for sale (ie not 'placed on the > market'), but have been 'taken into service' by being switched on and > used. > I think, therefore, that the protection requirements of the Directives > must > be met, but CE marking is not necessary. > > In terms of Safety, I think EN 60950 and EN 61010-1 are relevant. > > Does anyone have a view on this? > > Cheers, > > Carlos Perkins > > > > --------- > 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). > ===================================================== Authorised on 08/13/99 at 11:17:09; code 37453441765A44CC. The contents of this E-mail are confidential and for the exclusive use of the intended recipient. If you receive this E-mail in error, please delete it from your system immediately and notify us either by E-mail, telephone or fax. You should not copy, forward or otherwise disclose the content of the E-mail. TAG McLaren Audio Ltd, Ermine Business Park Huntingdon, Cambs, PE18 6XY Telephone : 01480 415600 (+44 1480 415600) Facsimile : 01480 52159 (+44 1480 52159) --------- 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).
