There was a meeting between the US Trade, the Low Frequency Emissions Coalition and CENELEC on Wednesday. The purpose of the meeting was to postpone the implementation of EN61000-3-2 and -3 until 2004. By then the standards will have had a complete revision. The news is not out yet but many believe there is little chance for a delay of this length. Where did you get your information?
Dave George Unisys Corp. 2476 Swedesford Road Malvern, PA 19355 Tel: 1-610-648-3653 Fax: 1-610-695-4700 . -----Original Message----- From: Paolo Roncone [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 1:18 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: EN 61000-3-2 (Harmonics standard) Folks: I got the news that CENELEC is considering to enforce the new revision of the subject standard by mid-2001. The present version should be mandatoy from January 1, 2001. The most important amendment is the definition of class D devices (that would affect a great number of products). My understanding is that the new standard would greatly restrict the range of class D products (it should cover only TV sets and personal computers + PC monitors). The present standard will be in force for 6 months, then the new one will kick in. So a lot of companies (including the one I work for) have developed new products , or have modified existing ones, to meet the present class D more stringent criteria (all devices with switching power supplies are class D if not modified properly) but just for 6 months !! I honestly have serious problems believing it 's true. Anyone can give additional inputs? Thanks, Paolo ------------------------------------------- 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]
