All, 15.103 often generates questions. You can search and read the FCC interpretations database online here:
https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/oet/cf/ri/FccEasRi.cfm Best Regards, Eric Lifsey At 2:26 PM -0700 5/10/04, Pettit, Ghery wrote: >Chapter and verse - > >§15.103 Exempted devices. - The following >devices are subject only to the general >conditions of operation in §§15.5 and 15.29 and >are exempt from the specific technical standards >and other requirements contained in this part. >The operator of the exempted device shall be >required to stop operating the device upon a >finding by the Commission or its representative >that the device is causing harmful interference. >Operation shall not resume until the condition >causing the harmful interference has been >corrected. Although not mandatory, it is >strongly recommended that the manufacturer of an >exempted device endeavor to have the device meet >the specific technical standards in this part. > > (a) A digital device utilized >exclusively in any transportation vehicle >including motor vehicles and aircraft. > > (b) A digital device used exclusively as >an electronic control or power system utilized >by a public utility or in an industrial plant. >The term public utility includes equipment only >to the extent that it is in a dedicated building >or large room owned or leased by the utility and >does not extend to equipment installed in a >subscriber's facility. > > (c) A digital device used exclusively as >industrial, commercial, or medical test >equipment. > > (d) A digital device utilized >exclusively in an appliance, e.g., microwave >oven, dishwasher, clothes dryer, air conditioner >(central or window), etc. > > (e) Specialized medical digital devices >(generally used at the direction of or under the >supervision of a licensed health care >practitioner) whether used in a patient's home >or a health care facility. Non-specialized >medical devices, i.e., devices marketed through >retail channels for use by the general public, >are not exempted. This exemption also does not >apply to digital devices used for record keeping >or any purpose not directly connected with >medical treatment. > > (f) Digital devices that have a power consumption not exceeding 6 nW. > > (g) Joystick controllers or similar >devices, such as a mouse, used with digital >devices but which contain only non-digital >circuitry or a simple circuit to convert the >signal to the format required (e.g., an >integrated circuit for analog to digital >conversion) are viewed as passive add-on >devices, not themselves directly subject to the >technical standards or the equipment >authorization requirements. > > (h) Digital devices in which both the >highest frequency generated and the highest >frequency used are less than 1.705 MHz and which >do not operate from the AC power lines or >contain provisions for operation while connected >to the AC power lines. Digital devices that >include, or make provision for the use of, >battery eliminators, AC adaptors or battery >chargers which permit operation while charging >or that connect to the AC power lines indirectly >obtaining their power through another device >which is connected to the AC power lines, do not >fall under this exemption. > > (i) Responsible parties should note that >equipment containing more than one device is not >exempt from the technical standards in this part >unless all of the devices in the equipment meet >the criteria for exemption. If only one of the >included devices qualifies for exemption, the >remainder of the equipment must comply with any >applicable regulations. If a device performs >more than one function and all of those >functions do not meet the criteria for >exemption, the device does not qualify for >inclusion under the exemptions. > > >Happy reading. > >Ghery S. Pettit >Intel Corporation > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ 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] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
