Yup, and I still have Herb's translation of VDE 0871/6.78 in my files at home somewhere. A most useful document back then, it was.
Ghery Pettit -----Original Message----- From: Ken Javor [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 2:52 PM To: [email protected]; 'pettit, ghery'; 'chris maxwell'; 'chris chileshe'; [email protected] Subject: Re: CE Mark I recall in the bad old days that Herb Mertel of EMACO, Inc. (an EMI test house in San Diego, since become a TUV affiliate) provided VDE specs translated into English as one of their products. I also recall that Dash/Straus/Goodhue or Compliance Design provided reams of foreign specs translated into English, a part of their product line. I don't think anyone had to read the specs in their original language, although doubtless that could have been to some advantage. ---------- >From: "Gregg Kervill" <[email protected]> >To: "'Ken Javor'" <[email protected]>, "'Pettit, Ghery'" <[email protected]>, "'Chris Maxwell'" <[email protected]>, "'Chris Chileshe'" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: CE Mark >Date: Thu, Sep 13, 2001, 4:39 PM > > False - you have never worked under French - German and Italian standards > ALL in their native languages and all with their native interpretations. EN > standards and wonderful. > > Only one standards per product (for safety) and only one interpretation. > > That makes life VERY easy. > > Until we include UL/CSA/ AUS and others..... > > How about a world wide standard???????? > > Gregg > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Ken Javor > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 1:50 PM > To: Pettit, Ghery; 'Chris Maxwell'; Chris Chileshe; > [email protected] > Subject: Re: CE Mark > > > > This comment gets back to a question I posed the forum a long time ago, but > didn't get a conclusive answer. In 1989, the story was that having one set > of EU regulations that would allow CE mark, would replace the onerous > nation-by-nation approvals then required and this would be a boon to > everyone. Seems to me that the international community has more than > replaced the previous national standards in volume of regulations. > True/false? > > ---------- >>From: "Pettit, Ghery" <[email protected]> >>To: "'Chris Maxwell'" <[email protected]>, Chris > Chileshe<[email protected]>, [email protected] >>Subject: RE: CE Mark >>Date: Thu, Sep 13, 2001, 10:48 AM >> > >> >> Chris, >> >> This is why I refer to the EMC Directive as the "EMC Professionals >> Employment Act of 1989". If they did away with these regulations, we'd > all >> have to actually work for a living. Long life the regulators! ;) >> >> Ghery Pettit >> >> I guarantee that the opinion expressed above is NOT that of my employer! >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Chris Maxwell [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 8:09 AM >> To: Chris Chileshe; [email protected] >> Subject: RE: CE Mark >> >> >> >> I'll tell you what CE means. >> >> It means "Continued Employment" for "Compliance Engineers" so that we >> can "Continue to Eat". >> >> That's about the size of it. No shipments to Europe equals no business >> equals no job. So do the tests, document your tests, put the sticker >> on, ship product and send out the invoice. >> >> >> Gregg Kervill DipIM, MIMgt, MIEEE > VP Engineering > Eurolink Ltd. > 2317 Westwood Ave., Suite 204, > Richmond, VA. 23230 > USA > www.test4safety.com > www.gkcl.com > > www.eu-link.com for free newsletter > > Phone (804) 353-0050 > Fax (804) 353 9755 > > ------------------------------------------- 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.
