Richard, Interesting question. While my company's products are technically Class A (by type of product, usage, etc.), my approach is to get Class B ( I take the Class A if I have a problem fixing the rare failure on-site so I can at least ship the product). I go for the Class B for the reasons you mention. However, I hear that there are undercurrents that the Classes are expected to be further clarified that so-called 'quasi-Class A' devices and light-industrial are classified as Class B. In short Class A devices would have to be clearly (to the untrained eye) heavy industrial.
In my opinion (not my employer's - so take it for what it's worth), consciously going from Class B to A has some risk. John Juhasz Fiber Options Bohemia, NY (As I noted, the opinion expressed above is totally mine). -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 1:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Class A ITE I need to determine if my company can relax the emissions from our ITE (intended for the light industrial EU market) from Class B to Class A without having problems with customer acceptance or actual interference with residential-type electronic equipment (TV, radio, etc.). With little input from our sales force, I turn to this knowledgeable group for your experiences. Has anyone encounter significant difficulties in selling Class A ITE for use in light industrial environments in the EU? Have your customers encountered significant interference problems with nearby residential-type electronics (TV, radio, etc.)? I ask the latter question since there are many city locations where a residence may be located above a business. ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server. ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
