Joe, One thought: A14 allows commercial and industrial products to comply with Class A limits whereas computers and TVs are required to comply with Class D limits. Your product might comply with Class A limits. It sounds like a case is being made that the product is part of a system in which case the "system" defines the class and therefore the odds of compliance. Is your "system" a computer system or does it just use a computer as the data processing part of the overall system function (bio-measurement system?)?
If you can use the above argument, then it boils down to obtaining an opinion from a Competent Body allowing the use of A14 until A14 is announced in the OJEC. Another thought: If each product is a stand-alone product (computer, printer, etc.), then each product should already have its own harmonics compliance. This would then suggest testing your product stand-alone. Again your product should be tested to Class A limits with the same caveats mentioned above. These are just thoughts. Perhaps they can be tools to use in opening a dialog with your test lab. Good luck, Don Umbdenstock Sensormatic > ---------- > From: > [email protected][SMTP:[email protected]] > Reply To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 1:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Testing as a system for harmonics? > > > One of our products is sold as a system with several other non-connected > products as well as a computer system and printer. We brought this product > to a well known EMC Testing facility to perform Harmonics testing. They > required that we plugged our product, as well as all of the peripheral > devices, into a power strip and they then tested the complete system > together for Harmonics. Obviously, it failed. > > Has anyone else had an EMC Lab make this request of testing the complete > system? Is anyone aware of any document that requires system testing for > Harmonics? > > All responses are appreciated. > > Regards > > Joe Martin > EMC/Product Safety Engineer > [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > Michael Garretson: [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > > ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected]
