Regarding emf "radiation" limit in Swedish MPR II rules...
Very few people know that the little magnet in the standard
automobile speedometer (in the analog style) produces huge
AC magnetic fields at the chest of the driver (when you're
driving). Exceeds those MPR II limits by quite a bit. At
the hands, forget it! Huge fields!
- Robert -
Robert A. Macy, PE .. [email protected]
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AJM International Electronics Consultants
101 E San Fernando, Suite 402
San Jose, CA 95112
On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 15:07:34 -0800
Richard Nute <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> > However, I should have remembered to mention the
> emission limits for
> > computer monitors, even though the limits seem to have
> been determined
> > by undisclosed methods. The prime mover has been
> Swedish trade unions,
> > AIUI, and the situation can be illustrated by the fact
> that extremely
> > soon after an initial set of limits had been agreed,
> there was a
> > demand for limits about ten times more stringent.
> >
> > The emissions were said to cause symptoms like
> headaches, muscle
> > pains, loss of concentration .... Of course the simple
> action of
> > sitting at the keyboard and concentrating intensively
> on the display
> > played no part in this; it was the RADIATION!!!!!!!
> that caused it
> > all.
>
> Thank you Swedish trade unions for using science and
> engineering
> to protect your workers. :-)
>
> If everyone took this approach to product safety, imagine
> what
> the world would be like!
>
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