John, I did not have the intention of singling you out, only of finishing our thread.
It has disappointed me that, seemingly, the great majority of information flow on this thread has been due to individuals in Europe explaining how CENELEC standards relate to IEC standards but not how standards from other geography's, such as North + South America and the Pacific Rim, relate to IEC standards. There was mention that one could look at the CB Scheme to find out the differences, which is of course true where there is such a scheme. However, taking my example standard of IEC 60825-1 again, I know that the Australian national standard is based on this document but there is no CB Scheme to tell me that (or to tell me that the USA goes its own way with the CDRH). Of course, it may be that there are sources of information which exist but which are not in English. Such sources are likely to be of no use to me, but they could be useful to the wide range of people who participate in this forum. So what I'd really like is to se the continuation of this tread, but with greater information input from outside of Europe. Regards, Richard Hughes
