I read in !emc-pstc that [email protected] wrote (in <200303252039.h2PKd [email protected]>) about 'Evaluation Unit Safety and EMC?' on Tue, 25 Mar 2003: >What would be the MINIMUM LEGAL Safety and EMC requirements (i.e. tests, >reports, certifications, labeling) in the following two scenarios?
You are asking unanswerable questions. The EU Directives do not take account of such special products. Opinions of authorities in different EU countries may differ. It won't be much help, but for safety, apply the General Product Safety Directive. For EMC, don't violate Article 4 of the Directive. I am a consultant and I make one-offs similar to the things you describe, test products for safety under high stress and modify existing products to solve problems. I have a label to apply to such objects, which says, 'This product has been heavily stressed in testing and/or has been modified. It must be confined to a technical area.' That disclaimer hasn't been tested in court, but the implication is that in 'technical areas', skills exist that moderate the normal criteria for safety and EMC, because only skilled and instructed persons come in contact with the product. Frankly, I don't see any other possibility. For an example of utter stupidity, some years ago I obtained an experimental licence from the UK DTI to do development work on radio microphones. This allowed me to emit ***1 dB less*** than a normal operational licence! I wasn't even allowed to operate an unmodified, approved product! -- 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! 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
