Gary, I have to be concerned about LEDs also and have found that I need to consult EN 60825-1 in order to determine the design and documentation requirements for Class II LEDs. Our EU safety agency requires that we demonstrate compliance even with Class 1 devices. For the lower emission LEDs, compliance can usually be demonstrated by a review of the LED specifications and perhaps a fault test. Otherwise the emissions must be measured. The standard was an requirement for us in one situation where we used a high intensity Class 2 LED inside the product in order to obtain the necessary light outside the product. The external emission was Class 1, but labels and documentation was required for service.
Regards, Richard Woods Sensormatic Electronics Tyco International ----Original Message----- From: Gary McInturff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 11:53 AM To: EMC-PSTC (E-mail) Subject: LED's and laser safety? IEC-825 has incorporated LED's into the safety standard but, from what I can tell, left a great deal of confusion. I typically deal with the 5 - 10 mcd devices and haven't been required to provide any IEC-825 conformity proof for the Western European test house. We may be jumping up to about 60 mcd and non-focused devices and I don't know where the standard starts to become concerned. I hate to buy the standard if it doesn't provide any clarity for these types of parts. Could you folks clue me in? Gary ------------------------------------------- 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"
