Dan, I'm not sure if this is what's in the 97 version. ___________________________________________________ 1999 version
(b) A digital device used exclusively as an electronic control or power sys-tem utilized by a public utility or in an industrial plant. The term public utility includes equipment only to the extent that it is in a dedicated building or large room owned or leased by the util-ity and does not extend to equipment installed in a subscriber's facility. (c) A digital device used exclusively as industrial, commercial, or medical test equipment. (d) A digital device utilized exclu-sively in an appliance, e.g., microwave oven, dishwasher, clothes dryer, air conditioner (central or window), etc. _____________________________________________________ You can download the latest rules (99version from the web www.fcc.gov) My interpretation is : Your point 1, is not applicable. Points 2 and 3 are right. Point 2: (public utility) is defined in the 1999 version Point 3 : (Industrial) is actually Industrial, commercial or medical TEST equipment. You are right, it is broad. But read this _________________________________________________ The operator of the exempted device shall be required to stop oper-ating the device upon a finding by the Commission or its representative that the device is causing harmful inter-ference. Operation shall not resume until the condition causing the harm-ful interference has been corrected. Al-though not mandatory, it is strongly recommended that the manufacturer of an exempted device endeavor to have the device meet the specific technical standards in this part. ________________________________________________ Hope this helps Praveen Rao [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Dan Kinney (A) [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, 2 November 2000 7:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: FCC Part 15 exempted devices I need help with interpretation of one paragraph in FCC Part 15. I have the 1 Oct 97 version. Paragraph 15.103 (b) says a digital device is exempted from Part 15 if it is "used exclusively as an electronic control or power system utilized by a public utility or in an industrial plant." One could interpret this several ways to include: A digital device is exempted if it is used exclusively as: 1) an electronic control 2) an electronic control utilized by a public utility only 3) an electronic control utilized in an industrial plant The first interpretation is pretty broad and would exclude a lot of equipment. The third interpretation is broad but causes the manufacturer of control equipment to somehow make certain his products do not end up in use anywhere except in an industrial plant. The second interpretation is narrow and might be the real intent of this exemption. I would appreciate any advice on how any of you would interpret this. Thanks in advance. Dan Kinney Horner APG ------------------------------------------- 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]
