There are two possible situations. 1) An ITE device is sold without a power supply, and the input voltage of the product is rated in the SELV range (e.g., 9V DC). In this case, the product is not subject to the LVD since the input voltage falls below the minimum level specified in the LVD. However, if it is a consumer product, it is subject to the General Product Safety Directive which basically says the product must be safe. EN 60950 can be used to demonstrate safety. If it is not a consumer product, the Liability for Defective Products Directive takes over. Again, EN 60950 can be used to demonstrate safety. CE marking is not required for either of the later two Directives nor do they need to be listed on the DoC.
2) The same ITE device is sold with a power supply. In this case, the input voltage to the complete product is the main voltage and the complete product is subject to the LVD. Richard Woods Sensormatic Electronics Tyco International From: David Gelfand [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 10:20 AM To: EMC List Subject: CE without LVD? Hello Group, A ITE product (not ours!) is powered by an CE marked external ac-dc power supply and has only SELV ports. I believe this product must be tested to EN 60950, and that in the CE Declaration of Conformity it must declare conformity to the LVD via EN 60590. It is being suggested that this product does not need safety testing and does not need to include the reference to EN 60950 and the LVD in the CE DoC, since it is SELV circuits only. Can you provide me with references to back my point of view? Thanks, David. David Gelfand Approvals/Design Engineer Memotec Inc. 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 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
