Dear Lothar:
I absolutely agree with the approach that you advocate, and indeed took that approach. This is what I learned. VCA North America is competent to issue the certificate, and they work with and accept the test results of an already-approved laboratory that is in Michigan. The approval authority *is* VCA North America, which is a North American located firm related to VCA in the UK. VCA North America is open to witnessing testing in other laboratories as well, and I have the impression that any laboratory that is well operated and well documented will be found acceptable with little ado. Regards, Chuck Seyboldt http://www.walaw.com At 09:27 (-0700) on 00.10.20, Lothar Schmidt wrote: > Chuck, > > I am convinced that there are labs which can measure these > things. The problem will be the approval process they have to > go through. > > My suggestion: contact first the approval authority in Europe > which report from which lab will they accept, then decide > which lab you'll use. > > Best Regards > > Lothar Schmidt > Technical Manager EMC/Bluetooth, > BQB, Competent Body > Cetecom Inc. > 411 Dixon Landing Road > Milpitas, CA 95035 > Phone: +1 (408) 586 6214 > Fax: +1 (408) 586 6299 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chuck Seyboldt [mailto:cbo...@nlis.net] > Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 9:24 AM > To: IEEE EMC/Product Safety (E-mail); Lothar Schmidt > Cc: 'Ned Devine' > Subject: RE: Automotive EMC Directive > > Dear Ned (and group): > > There are laboratories in the US that perform this > testing. I would like to thank John Allen for his message from > June of this year, where he pointed out VCA North America. I > have spoken with this company - they do not perform the test, > they witness it and issue the certificate. They work with a test > laboratory in Michigan, and are willing to witness testing in > other laboratories after they satisfy themselves that the lab is > appropriately operated and maintained. > > http://www.vca.gov.uk > > VCA North America > Livonia, Michigan > 734 455-6352 ------------------------------------------- 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