Andrew, For your type of equipment (which I believe falls under IEC 601010-1), I believe a power cord and plug is not required and there is no legal requirement. Basically, provision of a suitable cord set must be agreed between your company and the supplier and/or end customer.
Of course, you must have special installation instructions for using the correct type of approved cord and plug and detailed instructions for connection to the multipole connector provided with your equipment. It is also assumed that the multiple connector is approved and has means to secure the cord and prevent stress on the conductors. This e-mail message may contain privileged or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not disclose, use, disseminate, distribute, copy or rely upon this message or attachment in any way. If you received this e-mail message in error, please return by forwarding the message and its attachments to the sender. PETER S. MERGUERIAN Technical Director I.T.L. (Product Testing) Ltd. 26 Hacharoshet St., POB 211 Or Yehuda 60251, Israel Tel: + 972-(0)3-5339022 Fax: + 972-(0)3-5339019 Mobile: + 972-(0)54-838175 http://www.itl.co.il http://www.i-spec.com -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Wood [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 3:10 PM To: 'emc-pstc' Subject: legal requirement for fitted plug in EU? All Apologies for bringing up a question which I am sure has been covered many times before, but as I am looking for a quick answer I will impose on this forum rather than trawling myself. We supply specialised industrial equipment (eg flue gas analsyers). Typical end user would be power stations, chemical plants etc. We normally do not supply mains leads for these products. Mains connection is usually via a sealed circular multipole connector, we supply the connector but not the mains cord. It has just been put to me by a salesperson that it is an EU legal requirement to supply a mains plug for our products and we "have been caught out by this before". My recollection is that the requirement for a fitted mains plug is a specific requirement of UK legislation for goods intended for domestic use. So ignoring the question of whether it is desirable from a marketing point of view etc, just considering the narrow legal requirement....Does anyone agree or disagree that a mains plug is not required for industrial goods in the EU. Thanks in advance. Andy Wood Engineer - special products Land Instruments International England. This e-mail and its contents may be confidential, privileged and protected by law. Access is only authorised by the intended recipient. The contents of this e-mail may not be disclosed to, or used by, anyone other than the intended recipient, or stored or copied in any medium. If you are not the intended recipient, please advise the sender immediately. ------------------------------------------- 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" ------------------------------------------- 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"
