Hi Courtland Should the external cert be enough? I think not.
The LVD and EMC Directives (etc) also require you to ensure that your design and production documentation and processes are adequate. A simple external test certificate on the testing of a single unit does not ensure this. Maybe, however, if you have external certification marks for both safety and EMC (or whatever) which also include production audits and controls (e.g. UL, VDE) then you might be able to claim that the appropriate controls are in-place - but I would still not want to rely on just that. John Allen -----Original Message----- From: Courtland Thomas [mailto:ctho...@patton.com] Sent: 15 December 2000 22:22 To: emcpost Subject: External Power Supplies-DoC Hello group, This is a two part question. We 'Self Declare' for CE on all our products. In situations where an internal power supply is used, we get the unit tested at a test lab to EN60950. Shouldn't the report that we get from the test lab be enough for us to 'Self Declare'?. In situations where an external power supply is used, we use the manufacture's data sheet and DoC as our record for the 'Self Declaration'. We create our own DoC and use the manufacturer's data. Of course the power supply has all the approvals. Is there anything wrong with this approach? Courtland Thomas Patton Electronics ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: jim_bac...@mail.monarch.com Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: jim_bac...@mail.monarch.com Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org
