Bill, For plugs/sockets for overseas and information as to which is appropriate for which countries a good source is Panel Components Corp. Check out their website at www.panelcomponents.com and click on "Guide to Worldwide Plug/Socket Patterns & Power Mains". It will detail the plugs/sockets and voltages and frequencies for most countries. The website also indicates that they have a sales rep. in southwest Ohio. The sell power cords, plugs, sockets, cordage, circuit breakers, switches, power inlets, fuses, fuseholders, etc. It does not appear from their catalog that they sell GFCIs although they may be able to recommend a source. Hope this at least gets you started on your quest. Kurt Andrews Compliance Engineer
Tracewell Systems, Inc. 567 Enterprise Drive Westerville, Ohio 43081 voice: 614.846.6175 toll free: 800.848.4525 fax: 614.846.7791 http://www.tracewellsystems.com/ <http://www.tracewellsystems.com/> -----Original Message----- From: Summers, Bill [SMTP:summe...@visionfinancialgroup.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 6:43 PM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Looking for a referral for a distributor... Ladies and Gents: Judging from highly technical email exchanges that I've witnessed on this forum over the past two days (I'm new), this request should be "easy as pie." I am responsible for introducing a US manufactured-electrically-powered-industrial-cleaning-machine to the European markets, setting up distribution, and managing the export sales from start to finish. The owners of the company have already certified that the machine meets the necessary CE Mark compliance regulations that are applicable to the unit. (The CE marking was done before I joined the company...I am in the process of auditing our compliance in regard to the EU compliance directives.) ...Believe it or not, our current distributor of Electrical Plug Connections and Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters does not carry anything suitable for any country outside of the U.S. We are immediately looking for a wiring devices distributor that (1) can supply us any materials we need that will be suitable for the European markets (emphasizing the UK, France, and Germany) and (2) Offer us general knowledge in terms of knowing what plug configurations are suitable for which countries without us having to provide a schematic. (If you have any other words of wisdom in addition to a wiring devices distributor referral - - they are welcome and would be appreciated!) - It would be fantastic if the distributor is located in the Cincinnati, OH general area... as that is where our manufacturing facility is located. Cheers, Bill Summers Pittsburgh, PA Meriwether-Clark Corp. Vision Financial Group, Inc. PS - It appears that most of the folks on your forum are engineers or rocket scientist. Thank you for allowing me some "air time" on your exchange - - (I'm just a simple salesman trying his best to buffer the pending US recession by decreasing the U.S. foreign trade deficit. Thanks for your help!) ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. 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: Jim Bacher: jim_bac...@mail.monarch.com Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. 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: Jim Bacher: jim_bac...@mail.monarch.com Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org
