In a message dated 9/23/02 9:05:08 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
> A suite of testing runs about $6000 for immunity for ITE equipment to > meet EN 55 024 without even talking about the Radiated Immunity > requirements equipment and a chamber. You are going to likely have to > do this subset of testing anyway if you want a credible report as > evidence of self-declaration. The costs of emissions and immunity > testing with reports is around $7000 and is a clean approach both > financially and in timeline if you do some chamber tests first for > emissions, say a 2-hour scan in a chamber. Emissions and immunity > testing are somewhat coupled in that a device that is a low radiator is > also likely to have good resistance to susceptibility, but not always. > This is most often true of metal shielded enclosures and those with > shielded I/O cables. > Hi Warren, I think your test costs seem a little high, I won't say what I charge for fear of being accused of commercialism. But a number of labs, good labs, will charge under $4,500 for a full set of tests.... There is a good deal of new equipment coming out from vendors too, which may mean a flood of used, but still good equipment. E-bay is a source for this. Cheers, Derek Walton L F Research
