I read in !emc-pstc that Cortland Richmond <[email protected]> wrote (in <[email protected]>) about 'Does anyone system test PCs anymore? - Q on new procedures' on Thu, 13 Nov 2003:
>Can a monitor purchased from an OEM have a company label slapped on it >and sold WITHOUT the company testing it in a system? << For Europe, there is no legal compulsion to test: the legal position is that the DOC must be true. > >Looks like it! > >One of my EMI horror stories concerns a monitor I found could make a >computer NEXT to it, not even turned on, exceed the Part 15 conducted >emission limit. It had an FCC ID, too. Good thing we tested. Nowadays, >though, if it comes with a DoC, you need not test it. Telling us here won't have any effect. If you are concerned about violations, tell the regulatory authority. > >Oversimplifying only a little, it looks like one can now market a >computer system without testing ANY of its components as long as the >parts of it were once tested, somewhere, at labs the FCC could believe. Wouldn't wash in Europe. CE + CE != CE expect in a few specific cases, such as custom control boards for electrical machines. > >I see a national computer chain is selling computers with plastic covers >so you can see what you paid for. Hear it, too, no doubt. OTOH, some reputable IT manufacturers are marketing desktop computers not in a complete conducting enclosure, so presumably it is possible to meet emission and immunity limits without one. -- 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
