Folks: I have to differ with some of the interpretations that have been going around on this product.
According to the European Commission published document, "Guideline on the application of Council Directive 73/23/EEC", essentially the The Low Voltage Guide, published in July of 1997 is states in section III the following: Which product are covered ? "The directive applies to all electrical equipment designed for use with a voltage rating of between 50 and 1000 V for AC and between 75 and 1500 V DC. Voltage ratings refer to the voltage of the electrical input or OUTPUT , not voltage which may appear Inside the equipment." This is the actual text. Therefore based on your output voltage of 110 V AC, you fall under the scope of the LVD and must CE mark accordingly. Whether or not you have compliant outlets is another issue, but you must CE mark to the LVD and EMCD. Thanks Mark A. D'Agostino US National BU Manager - Machinery, Consumer Products, Mechanical Safety 978 739 7016 md'[email protected] http://www.tuvglobal.com ------------- Original Text From: Peter Merguerian <[email protected]>, on 3/25/99 4:50 PM: Doug, The dc to ac convertors that you have analyzed may be CE marked to meet the EMC Directive but not the LVD since the supply input is below the limits in the LVD. However, such equipment must still meet the General Product Safety Directive (sorry I do not have the number available!). This Directive is not a New Approach Directive and the CE Mark/Declaration is therefore not valid. The Directive requires that the product be safe. One such standard to evaluate safety is the UPS standard. Good Luck, Peter > A question to the experts: > > My company is considering using a portable DC to AC inverter as an accessory > for one of our products, the product will be CE compliant bench top portable > class one piece of equipment. This Inverter will be intended to be > connected to the DC terminals of a 12 Volt automotive battery and has two > North American 110V Outlets, it has a modified sine wave output, and is > spec'ed to provide upto 300Watts of AC power. > > After looking at available off the shelf designs I found some that have some > CE declarations, but after looking closely at these I found no mention of > compliance to any Safety regulation but only EMC. > > My question is this, is it because the inverter has a low voltage input and > they do not have to comply to a standard like EN61010 or UL1950, or is this > something the manufacturers haven't addressed because no one has ever asked? > > ---------------------------------------------------- > Douglas Best Compliance Technician > IFR America's Inc. Design Engineering > RF Division Tel : +1 316 529 5327 > 10200 W. York St. FAX : +1 316 522 3676 > Wichita Ks, 67215 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). > PETER S. MERGUERIAN MANAGING DIRECTOR PRODUCT TESTING DIVISION I.T.L. (PRODUCT TESTING) LTD. HACHAROSHET 26, P.O.B. 211 OR YEHUDA 60251, ISRAEL TEL: 972-3-5339022 FAX: 972-3-5339019 E-MAIL: [email protected] Visit our Website: http://www.itl.co.il --------- 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). --------- 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).
