Hello Dan, On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Dan Pierce wrote: > I am in the process of introducing product into the EU and possibly > world wide. I was shown that the CB mark testing covers all the countries > in the EU that we plan to sell to and other countries as well. Is this a > new mark?
"CB" is not a mark. CB (Certification Body) is a short-name for the CB Scheme, which is the abbreviation for the "IEC System for Conformity Testing to Standards for Safety of Electrical Equipment" (also know as IECEE). It is a scheme (means) for sharing electrical safety test data and reports among member bodies (30++ countries) in order to gain a mark, or marks, in those countries of interest to you. In recent years it has expanded to cover EMC (in some countries) and HazLoc equipment too (IECEx). > Would I be better off getting the CE mark and then test to > other countries applicable standards or the CB mark? CE Marking is required in the EU and is accepted in some other countries nearby the EU. It is not a "safety marking", but an indication of compliance with EC Directives (which may have safety implications). > The test facility that > provided me with the information was Intertek Testing Services, in > California USA. > > I planned to test to: > > EN55013 > EN55020 > TBR21 > 61000-3-2 > 61000-3-3 Feel free to contact me offline if you have further questions on this subject. You can read about the CB Scheme (and it's variants) on the Safety Link <www.safetylink.com>; Just search on the term "CB". Regards, Art Michael Int'l Product Safety News A.E. Michael, Editor 166 Congdon St. East P.O. Box 1561 Middletown CT 06457 U.S.A. Phone : (860) 344-1651 Fax : (860) 346-9066 Email : i...@safetylink.com Website: http://www.safetylink.com ISSN : 1040-7529 ------------------------------------- > > Daniel J. Pierce > Sr. Design Engineer > OpenGlobe, Inc. > > (An Escient Technologies Affiliate) > 6325 Digital Way > Indianapolis, IN 46278 > > mailto:dpie...@openglobe.net > > P: (317) 616.6587 > F: (317) 616.6587 > ------------------------------------------- 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: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.rcic.com/ click on "Virtual Conference Hall,"
