I read in !emc-pstc that Colgan, Chris <[email protected]> wrote (in <AE0F4BD08FEAD211895900805FE67B1F01425A89@CAT>) about 'EN60065 mains switches' on Wed, 18 Sep 2002: >I know that engineers familiar with EN60065 are rarer than hen's teeth but >maybe someone out there can help me... > >Clause 14.6.2 allows for no mains switch to be fitted if the product can be >switched on or off or both automatically. Do you think that an audio >amplifier that utilises an input signal detect circuit to automatically >switch on fulfils the requirements of this clause?
You should be looking at the 2002 edition, in which 14.6.2 is not about that. This 14.6 gets re-hashed in every edition, so you must use the up- to-date edition. In this case, the relevant text is in 8.9.1! An all- pole disconnect device is required, but it can be the mains plug or appliance coupler. So your audio amplifier is quite OK - to the 2002 edition. Do you *really* want to know about how it would fare under the previous edition? (;-) -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Interested in professional sound reinforcement and distribution? Then go to http://www.isce.org.uk PLEASE do NOT copy news posts to me by E-MAIL! ------------------------------------------- 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"
