I think that you can draw the line at the scope of the standard. Does your product fall under the scope of EN 61000-3-2/3 ? If it does, then the standard does apply. This means you had to actually look at the documents in order to find current/voltage levels ... in order to determine what testing is required. This means that you actually did apply the standard even if it resulted in no actual electronic testing.
In this case, my advice would be that you can go ahead and list the standard on declarations of conformity and other such documents. If you want to be thorough, you could put "exempted under para. 7.4" (or similar verbage) on the declaration of conformity for the test level. If you follow the reasoning above, you won't be putting extraneaous, non-applicable documents on your Declaration of Conformity. Any standard whose scope doesn't cover your product wouldn't be put on your Declarations of Conformity. Happy New Year! Chris Maxwell, Design Engineer GN Nettest Optical Division 6 Rhoads Drive, Building 4 Utica, NY 13502 PH: 315-797-4449 FAX: 315-797-8024 EMAIL: [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: Craig Hensley [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 12:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Craig Hensley > Subject: EN61000-3-2 / EN61000-3-3 (Again) > > > This is probably a gross over-simplification, but I want to make sure I > understand the applicability of the new EN61000-3-2 (harmonic) and > EN61000-3-3 (flicker) standards. > > In reviewing the standards as well as previous communications within this > group I have arrived at the following conclusions. > > EN61000-3-2 - Applies only to products with input power higher than 75W. > Per paragraph 7.4 of the standard, "no limits apply for equipment with an > active input power up to and including 75W". > > EN61000-3-3 - Per paragraph 6.1 of the standard, "Tests shall not be made > on equipment which is unlikely to produce significant voltage fluctuations > or flicker". > > Per an earlier e-mail from Gert Gremmen "unlikely" means that the > equipment has no variations in power supply current, or variations that > cause voltage fluctuations below the most stringent level in the standard. > In general: - Equipment with a power consumption below 100 VA max is > unlikely to create flicker problems, and, - Most equipment under 500VA > will not create flicker problems. > > You could actually do a simple check the 230V mains side to see if the > product causes dips or fluctuations. If there are no dips there is no > need to measure. > > If a product does not fall under the applicability of EN61000-3-2 or > EN61000-3-3 per the above explanations, what is the consensus regarding > referencing these standards on the DoC? Based on some earlier e-mails, it > appears that a few of you are going to add these to the DoC. This should > take away questions that may arise with DoC's that do not contain these > standards. Based on this approach, couldn't you also reference other > non-applicable harmonized standards? > > Recently I have been asked to sign a document from one of our distributors > that states all product provided after 01/01/01 will comply with > EN61000-3-2 and EN61000-3-3. However, my products fall outside the scope > of these standards (per above explanations), so what I am wondering is can > I say I comply because I have evaluated the standards and found they are > not applicable. I face the same dilemma on the DoC's. Is it reasonable > to claim compliance via non-applicability? > > I apologize for the conversational tone of this e-mail, but I am > interested in any other views and opinions. > > Best Regards for 2001, > Craig Hensley > Iomega Corp. > Roy, UT > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > Michael Garretson: [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected]
