Patrick, I don't know whether or not hospital power systems fall within the scope of EN61000-3-2:2001. But in any case, compliance with EN61000-3- 2 is not required under the Medical Devices Directive.
The only harmonized EMC standard under the MDD is EN 60601-1-2:1993, which does not have any harmonics requirements. Medical equipment is, of course, specifically exempted from the EMC Directive. Regards, Jon Griver http://www.601help.com The Medical Device Developers Guide to IEC 60601-1. On 18 Sep 2002 at 12:55, [email protected] wrote: > > The scope of EN61000-3-2:2001 says that the standard deals with harmonic > currents injected into the public low-voltage distribution system. > > I can see that residences and offices are connected to the public system. > However, I don't know about distribution to hospitals. > > Are their power requirements specialized enough that their electricity is > provided by a MV transformer? This would exempt hospital-only medical > products > from the harmonic current requirements. > Or are their different levels of hospitals, some fed by LV transformers, some > fed by MV transformers? > ---- > Patrick Lawler > [email protected] > > ------------------------------------------- > 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"
