I read in !emc-pstc that Rich Nute <[email protected]> wrote (in <[email protected]>) about 'double-pole switching and fusing', on Mon, 25 Feb 2002: > > > >Hi John: > > >> I read in !emc-pstc that Rich Nute <[email protected]> wrote (in >> <[email protected]>) about 'double-pole switching >> and fusing', on Wed, 20 Feb 2002: >> >Tables 2E and 2F are invoked only by the Note 2 >> >to Sub-clause 2.7.4. >> > >> >A Note is informative, not a requirement. >> >> Yes, well, Note 2 is weasel-worded. It claims to be 'informative' but >> some test houses hold that if Table 2E or 2F is not observed, the >> 'essential requirements' of the LVD are not met. > >Sigh... I agree with your assessment. > >I suppose such test houses do not understand >that the LVD does not necessarily require >compliance to a standard? > It's the other way round. They do not really accept that conformity with the words of the standard is enough; they want conformity with the 'spirit', where they define the 'spirit'. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Interested in professional sound reinforcement and distribution? Then go to http://www.isce.org.uk PLEASE do NOT copy news posts to me by E-MAIL!
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