Hi Amund,

I have experienced a CE Marked power supply, which was used to replace an
existing one failing EMC EN55022 as part of the system i.e. Product + Power
Supply. This was purchased to the same specification but from a different
manufacturer. It seems that power supply manufacturers tend to EMC test
their products with resistive loads only and not always at full load. Also,
the loading is obviously different when connected to an actual product. 

In my opinion you must always re-test the system when one of the major
sub-assemblies or components are changed, including alternative parts. You
are responsible for the system EMC. The power supply manufacturer is not
responsible for his CE marked power supply (assuming he has valid reports
etc. to back up his Declaration of Conformity) failing in the system.

The rule CE + CE not= CE is a valid statement unless proven otherwise
(tested). Always abide by this and you won't go wrong. 

I hope this helps!

Regards
ALEX

 -----Original Message-----
From:   am...@westin.org [mailto:am...@westin.org] 
Sent:   Thursday, August 16, 2001 10:33 PM
To:     emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Subject:        EMC and power supply


Hi all,

1. We plan to EMC test a stand alone power supply (PS1)
2. We have an IT product which has passed the EMC test.
3. We want to remove the current power supply in the IT product and replace
it 
with the power supply (PS1) after it has passed the EMC tests.

If power supply (PS1) pass the EMC test, do we have to make any re-tests on
the 
IT product ? I recall some talks about CE+CE not CE.

Any suggestions ?

Best regards
Amund Westin, Oslo/Norway

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