Glen Moffat wrote: <<<<<<Technically, the machinery Directive does apply since it meets the definition of a machine, assuming that it is not excluded by article 1(5), that is a risk assessment shows that the risks are not mainly of electrical origin. However in the UK, I do remember a DTI document which was issued soon after the MD was released that said that products which have traditionally fallen within the scope of the LVD in the past may continue to do so. I don't know if this advice has been superceded or forgotten or whether it still applies since domestic electrical appliances within the scope of EN 60335 have traditionally been in the scope of the LVD.<<<<
This is the way I understand the majority of appliance manufacturers are interpreting the requirement. Household appliances falling under the scope of EN 60335 are considered LVD, even though many of them use moving parts that would seem to put them within the scope of the machinery directive. If you're concerned about the unlikely case where this decision might be challenged, you can always prepare a risk assessment using the 335 report as its basis, and follow the more stringent marking/documentation requirements of the Machinery Directive. 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"
