With regards to the "need" to subject something running from a 9V battery to a "battery" (pun not intended) of safety approvals, to me this shows how some aspects of regulatory control are just a "solution" searching desperately for a "problem". There are times when it seems to me that the entire process, which had sensible beginnings, has come completely off the rails. I can't wait for the day when toothpicks "need" to carry a litany of approvals.
Bob Wilson TIR Systems Ltd. Vancouver. -----Original Message----- From: Gregg Kervill [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: April 29, 2002 7:29 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: RE: General Product Safety Directive - sorry missed something "-Let's take an example of a non-rechargable 9V battery operated -ITE product"(sic) Consider the liability and your defense - it you review to the ITE standard then you have performed due diligence - if you do not review to the ITE standard then you have not! If you assume that the product is safe and there is an accident what is you defense??? There may be an issue about CEMARKING the product:- LVD/MDD/EMC/RTTE etc - REVIEW and CE MARKING GSD - REVIEW IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE:- The GSD is merely a catch-all to make sure that unsafe products are not put on the market. It covers any product that is not covered by a harmonized standard - so there is no option. Whether the ITE - LVD - GSD apply is irrelevant to safety and reviews. However it would be covered by the RTTE and that would require a file and CE Marking. Best regards Gregg PLEASE NOTE: We are currently experiencing serious problems with our service provider PLEASE reply only to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> and ignore any reference to pgtv.net, Thank you. ------------------------------------------- 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: Ron Pickard: [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: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
