IEC 825 is now IEC 60825 and it has been adopted in the EU as EN 60825.
Compliance to the EN is mandatory for all products subject to the Low
Voltage Directive. Thus, a PC with an LED on the floppy drive must comply.
Other countries have other legal requirements. For example, the FDA in the
US regulates lasers but has no requirements for LEDs.
Concerning color of an indicator, generally for most equipment, any color
may be used including red as long as safety is not affected. This was
covered in a thread a couple of weeks ago and someone mentioned that there
were different requirements for medical equipment.
Richard Woods
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From: Kathy Toy [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 2:05 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Correction - When is an LED evaluated to IEC 825, like a
Laser?
(I restated the question.)
Our design engineers are using LED more often and
have been asked if the LED are approved by IEC 825.
Question: When does an LED need to be evaluated
to IEC 825 standard? Are there any other industry
limits for specific LEDs?
It seems that in the past LEDs were basicly ignored
except for color issues. What is the current
thought or rule on this issue?
Thanks in advance,
kt
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