I read in !emc-pstc that Colgan, Chris <[email protected]> wrote (in <AE0F4BD08FEAD211895900805FE67B1FD6CAC3@CAT>) about 'Manufacturing Hipot Testing', on Wed, 22 Aug 2001: > " Well, you have come to the right conclusion but for two wrong >reasons. > >> In Europe, there are no longer any 'national approvals' like the old >> SEMKO etc. There is ONLY the Low Voltage Directive, and the European >> Standards (ENs) that have been 'notified' in the Official Journal as >> providing evidence of compliance." >> >Not so, the SEMKO "S" mark along with NEMKO, DEMKO and FIMKO and many others >(TUV?) is alive and well. These marks not only demonstrate compliance with >the LVD and EMCD (if applicable) but also that some form of manufacturing >quality contol is exercised which is audited by the mark's owner. Critical >components will be checked and hi pot testing must be performed. > They are NOT NOW 'NATIONAL APPROVALS'. That is why I was careful to say ***old*** SEMKO. Those marks are now the property of **commercial test- houses**, and those test-houses have no higher status than any other, in spite of what you may be led to believe.
The auditing is simply another 'added value' feature, like the fancy certificates and the permission to use the marks. TUV (either species) has never, AIUI, been anything other than a commercial test-house. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Eat mink and be dreary! ------------------------------------------- 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.
