It's not unsafe. It might compromise radio reception in fringe areas at the frequency of the outage condition.
---------- >From: Enci <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: EMC. 10db over limit = unsafe? >Date: Thu, Dec 6, 2001, 3:59 AM > > > Hi Group, > > If I have a product, a finished apparatus, that passes all LVD or safety > tests, i.e. earth leakage, insulation, etc., is that product "unsafe" if it > is 10db over the conducted emissions limits for EMC? > > Article 4 and Annex III of the EMC directive do not refer to safety, only > to the concept that equipment will not hinder the use of other equipment > and immunity. > > Where does this 80/80 rule now fit in that was discussed recently - > specifically if authorities acknowledge the fact that there may be > equipment out there that exceeds the EMC emissions limits for their product > type? > > Also in Annex III, it states: > > "The information required to enable use in accordance with the intended > purpose of the apparatus must be contained in the instructions accompanying > the apparatus." > > Does this then imply that the manual must state that suitable measures must > be taken to ensure compliance? e.g. additional filter? > > > Thank you in advance, > Enci > > > ------------------------------------------- > 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: > [email protected] > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Michael Garretson: [email protected] > Dave Heald [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old > messages are imported into the new server. > ------------------------------------------- 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: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
