Hello,
Just want to throw my 2p --ooops 2c in.
This issue ( of ITE universally being Class B ) is not new. It started
way before 1995 when the generic standards were released mandating
that all equipment NOT tested to the heavy immunity should be tested
to Class B emissions. I remember distinctly then a shiver going up and down
my spine!! You see, unlike the very ordered and structured approach of the
FCC who defined emissions limits to whom you were selling - the EU
regulators decided to define the emissions limits based on installation.
In the US that might be one and the same - after all, who lives in a factory.
In Europe the situation is not so clear. It is perfectly possible for folks
to live
cheek-by-jowl with businesses i.e. in the same apartment complex. Hence
the push ( I think) for Class B everything for ITE.
There is also this presumption of quality. A Class B piece of gear has
lower emissions. Therefore the quality must be higher.
Having said all that - this thrust MUST be resisted stoutly at all levels for
any number
of reasons:
1) Cost - We have already invested dollars in immunity.
2) Need - There is no data to support the assumption that Class A gear
has/will cause widespread disaster.
3) Legislated Quality. - Need I say more.
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