Chirs, Everything you said sounds reasonable except EN61000-6-2 is not a product specific standard; it is a generic standard. Dan Kinney Horner APG (317) 916-4274
> -----Original Message----- > From: Maxwell, Chris [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 7:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: OJ mystery > > > William, > > I beleive that EN 50081-2 and EN50082-2 were among the "original" > standards > for CE marking. When enforcement of the EMC Directive went in place on 1 > January 1996, these standards were already in place. As such, it isn't > any > suprise to me that they don't supercede any other standards. There wasn't > anything before them to supercede. (As far as CE marking goes.) > > However, since both standards are "Generic", they have covered a wide > variety of equipment. As enforcement of the EMC Directive has continued, > more product specific standards are being ratified. Much of the > equipment > covered by these new product specific standards used to be covered by > Generic Standards. This means that the Generic Standards are being listed > as the "superceded" standards by a number of product specific standards, > such as EN 61000-6-2. > > So, there you have it. The Generic Standards don't supercede anything > because they were in place from the start of EMC Directive enforcement. > Now, whether a Generic Standard is "superceded" or "in effect" depends > upon > whether your product falls within the scope of a product specific > standard. > The Generic Standard may be "superceded" by a product family standard for > one product while still being "in effect" for another product. > > Hope this helps, > > Your brother in compliance, > > Chris Maxwell, Design Engineer > GN Nettest Optical Division > 109 N. Genesee St. > Utica, NY 13502 > PH: 315-797-4449 > FAX: 315-797-8024 > EMAIL: [email protected] > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [SMTP:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 6:47 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: OJ mystery > > > > > > have been using the Generic Standards EN50081-2 and EN50082-2 for EMC > > conformity, but the Official Journal April2000 has got me flummoxed: > > > > Each of the above are listed in column 2 under reference and title, with > > > 'None' under column 4, 'Reference of the superseded standard...'. > Doesn't > > this imply that they are valid and in-effect? > > > > Later in the journal, under EN61000-6-2, the standard EN50082-2 appears > as > > > > the 'superseded standard', effective April2002. > > > > Please explain how this seeming contradiction is to be interpreted; I am > > > trying to determine the correct documents for my future compliance > efforts > > > > ------------------------------------------- > > 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] > ------------------------------------------- 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]
