I managed to find in the top 6 inches of my in-tray (piled 18 inches high), the Subject 1950 and 1459 letter from UL dated October 26, 1998; Subject: New Issue of Standardized Appendix Pages. These are for ITE (NWGQ), Power Supplies for ITE (QQGQ); Telephone Appliances (WYQQ); and Power Supplies for Telephone Appliances (QQJE), and other additional categories. In Appendix D, page 3, we find : - "1.7 Power Supply Cords. B. Detachable Power Supply Cord. A detachable power supply cord as described in the individual sections of the Procedure may or may not be shipped with the unit(s). When a cord is provided, it should either: 1. Comply with the specific description in the procedure or, 2. Be provided for products for use outside of the USA and/or Canada.
In case 2, the manufacturer is to supply the UL representative with information that allows the Representative to verify that the products are intended to be sold outside of the USA and/or Canada and that the cord is certified or similarly appropriate for use in the destination country." So it seems that UL allow the use of a HAR cord for products not going to the USA or Canada. We used to solve this problem by only using a US cord, forcing our non-US customers to cut off the US plug and fit their own, and "self-declaring" our products for Europe ! Now we supply a US cord with 120V units, and a HAR cord with 220/230/240V units. As other folk have pointed out, if you dig deep enough, you can find cordage acceptable in the US and Europe. Years ago, I started along this route, and found a Pacific Electrocord cable which had UL and VDE certifications (It couldn't have HAR because it wasn't made in Europe). However, I'm afraid I gave up and went for the 2 different cord sets. John Crabb, Development Excellence (Product Safety) , NCR Financial Solutions Group Ltd., Kingsway West, Dundee, Scotland. DD2 3XX E-Mail :[email protected] Tel: +44 (0)1382-592289 (direct ). Fax +44 (0)1382-622243. VoicePlus 6-341-2289. --------- 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).
