Clause 1.7.2 says safety related markings should be in a language acceptable in the destination country. Since the markings are in English only, the power supply may be installed in the English speaking provinces without any problem. The Province of Quebec has language laws and regulations. A field inspector (in Quebec) can stop the installation because the English markings are not acceptable there.
There are acceptable symbols that convey the same warning message. These symbols can be found in IEC 60417-1. You may advise your power supply vendor to consider using symbols in the future. Then the vendor will not have to worry about country in which the power supply is used. This should take of any language problem, be it French, Chinese or Swahili. The vendor may have to resubmit the new label artwork to UL for approval. Regards, Allen [email protected] wrote: > The key word in 1.7.12 is 'country'. At the moment, Canada is one country, > with two official languages, either of which is legally acceptable. I will > say though, that regradless of the law, I believe we are morally obliged to > make safety instuctions as clear and understandable as possible, as a > misunderstanding of an instruction could potentially cause a hazard to > someone. That means, we translate important instructions/labels into French > and English for Canada. > > Regards > > Doug > > [email protected]@majordomo.ieee.org on 08/02/2002 11:37:56 AM > > Please respond to [email protected] > > Sent by: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > cc: > Subject: Re: Marking Languages for Canada > > Gary McInturff wrote: > > >>>>I believe UL does require it, but as Rich pointed out it isn't always > followed up, and II think is somewhat vague about it, intentionally I > imagine. To be very specific about it one would have to know what countries > the equipment will be installed in? Often the manufacturer doesn't know, or > if they do initially that is subject to change. If you can't control the > export then do you require warnings in Malayalam (Southern India I > believe), > Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, (which dialect). ad nausium. How about those > countries where UL 60950 has no real standing. I think EN60950 has the same > clauses and they are no more illuminating. > > 1.7.12 Language > Instructions and equipment marking related to safety shall be in a language > which is acceptable in the country in which the equipment is to be > installed. > <<<<<<< > > This is pretty much on the mark. I was a manager at UL when this issue was > put forth to the chief engineer's office. It was recognized that the > standard required warning markings to be placed on the product in the > appropriate language for the intended market, and the follow-up service > procedures specifically included that requirement. However, it was also > understood that there is no way for any UL follow-up inspector to know > where > the product was intended to be shipped, nor is it possible for a FUS > inspector to evaluate a warning marking in Swahili, for example and > determine > its compliance with the standard. Therefore, the decision was to have the > inspectors verify the english wording of the warning marking and place the > burden of compliance with local language (other than English) on the > manufacturer. > > Greg Galluccio > www.productapprovals.com > > ------------------------------------------- > 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"
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