Gert: You are predicting the future. The committee drafts are the way you say but they have not been approved. Approval or rejection is anticipated sometime in the fourth quarter 2000. This a estimated schedule. If it is approved there is always a grand fathering period. This is helpful since the special list has been changed and major products that meet the present 61000-3-2 will not meet the amendment because the products are now in a different category. An overlap is needed. Also where will laboratories get the test equipment if the amendment is changed two or three months before the effective date?
Also the last three categories are not excluding the professional versions. They all will now have to meet the same limits as professional equipment. Isn't that nice? Stay tuned for more changes. Dave George Unisys -----Original Message----- From: Gert Gremmen [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 18 February, 2000 9:38 AM To: Colgan, Chris; 'Emc-Pstc' (E-mail) Subject: RE: Trying to understand the EN 61000-3-2 It doesn't matter anymore. The special waveshape requirement has been removed. Class D will be defined to equipment on a specific list. This list is based on the charateristics of equipment type that due to their nature have great impact on the power supply network due to their harmonics current level. In essence all equipment having their supply bridge rectified and use a capacitor for smoothing are potential candidates. For now named equipent are: PC Printers elevison and viedocassette recorders Multimedia Fax machines Excluding professional versions of the last three categories. List subject to change in next revision. Date to be harmonized (if accepted) 1-1-2001. Regards, Gert Gremmen, (Ing) ce-test, qualified testing =============================================== Web presence http://www.cetest.nl CE-shop http://www.cetest.nl/ce_shop.htm /-/ Compliance testing is our core business /-/ =============================================== ------------------------------------------- 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]
