"The four year reduction to 50 W may not survive" "... it may just be deleted."
Does this mean the spec may be revised to simply read 75W with no limit change, or the spec may be changed to simply say 50W? On Tue, 04 Jan 2000 09:58:49 -0800, Brian Jones <[email protected]> wrote: <snip> >[email protected] wrote: >> >> In subclause 7.4 of EN61000-3-2:1995, "...This lower limit of 75W will >> be reduced to 50W, four years after the implementation date of this >> standard." >> >> When is the implementation date of this standard? someone says it is >> on 1994-07-05, someone says it is on 2001-01-01, and someone even says >> it is not yet implemented!!! <snip> >Roger >The "date of cessation of presumption of conformity of superseded >standards" is 1 Jan 2001. What this means is from that date you have to >apply the standard to products within its scope, if you use the standards >route to compliance. > >The listing in the Official Journal of the European Communities means >that you can apply it now, if you want, or the superseded standards. In >this case these are EN 60555-2 for products within the scope of that >standard, or nothing for products outside its scope. > >A revised IEC/EN 61000-3-2 is being pushed through at present, which >*may* be a case of "out of the frying pan and into the fire". This may >or may not be published in time for a listing in the OJ in time for 1 Jan >2001. The four year reduction to 50 W may not survive into the later >edition, or it may be revised subsequently. In view of the ban on >"certification clauses" (... previous standard may be used until ...) in >ENs, it may just be deleted. <snip> -- Patrick Lawler [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).
