John, I have forwarded this information to the chairman of BSI committee EPL/74 (which deals with EN60950), with the suggestion that CENELEC be asked to get EN60529 removed from the list of LVD "notified standards". We'll see what happens.
On the same subject, TC74 is working on requirements for outdoor IT equipment, (in which I am involved). I believe that while IEC 60529 may well be used to prove that a sealed box is watertight, a prolonged "rain test", such as the UL one hour rain test, is more relevant to "real" IT equipment (such as "my" ATMs) which interact with the public, and which will have openings which have to be designed to eliminate ingress of water, or which have water management systems to divert water away from areas where a hazard could otherwise be introduced. Regards, John Crabb, Development Excellence (Product Safety) , NCR Financial Solutions Group Ltd., Kingsway West, Dundee, Scotland. DD2 3XX E-Mail :[email protected] Tel: +44 (0)1382-592289 (direct ). Fax +44 (0)1382-622243. VoicePlus 6-341-2289. -----Original Message----- From: John Woodgate [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 02 January 2002 21:30 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: EN60529 I read in !emc-pstc that [email protected] wrote (in <846BF526A205F8 4BA2B6045BBF7E9A6ABC4FD0@flbocexu05>) about 'EN60529', on Wed, 2 Jan 2002: >It is referenced in >the OJ under the LVD, yet a reading of the standard indicates that it is a >basic standard intended to be referenced in product standards. It appears to be a mistake, because, as you say, it is a Basic Standard. Astonishing as it must seem to mere mortals, the CENELEC Technical Board is not utterly infallible. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk ------------------------------------------- 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.
