>-----Original Message-----
>From: Doug McKean [mailto:[email protected]]
>Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 11:58 AM
>To: EMC-PSTC Discussion Group
>Subject: Test Equipment ...
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>Why or what is the reasoning behind test equipment
>being exempt from all sorts of testing that's required
>for other pieces of equipment?
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>- Doug McKean
Doug:
The rationale that I recall is that test equipment is expected to be used by
people who understand the nature of electrical measurements and safety.
These people will have the knowledge and resources, beyond those of a
typical consumer, to recognize and ameliorate interference and other
problems. Further, it is argued that compliance measures might hinder
absolute accuracy and sensitivity of measurement equipment. Also, that test
equipment is not usually manufactured in numbers comparable to typical
consumer equipment, so the impact on a society is less.
IIRC, there is a somewhat shorter and simpler explanation buried somewhere
in Part 15.
Ed
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