Automotive products must comply with the Automotive Directive - this actually requires additional elements beyond the EMC Directive.
Safety issues are as one would expect - Fire and Energy Hazard - and are potentially more serious than mains operated equipment because you do not usually have 12 gallons of gas sitting on you stereo. About 30 years ago I watched as a guy fitted a temporary Parking Light to the cigarette outlet of his car - opened the window - fitted the light (bracket) over the windowpane - closed the window then locked and closed the car door. We all watched is astonishment as the wiring began to smolder and the car filled with smoke. I did not wait to find out what happened next........ Now that's what you call a non-compliance!!!!!! Best regards gregg From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Hudson, Alan Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 12:34 PM To: EMC-pstc (E-mail) Subject: Automotive v. EMC Directives G'Day! Is anyone familiar with the standards needed to comply with the Automotive *and* the EMC Directives? How do they compare? Or to put it another way, if an item of equipment was known to be compliant with the Automotive Directive, is it likely that it would therefore meet the requirements of the EMC Directive? Alan -- Alenia Marconi Systems Scotland ******************************************************************** This email and any attachments are confidential to the intended recipient and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it from your system and notify the sender. You should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose or distribute its contents to any other person. ******************************************************************** 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] Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
