Hi Folks Just a caveat from my own personal experience and view on the subject. If an accident occurs before the relevant installer/user could reasonably obtain access to the soft copy of the safety instructions then I believe that printed copy is the only solution to at least that part of the instructions which need to be followed before that soft copy can be accessed. In this respect, I recently had a most gaulling situation - which luckily did not involve the safety aspect. I bought a new PDA, and the only printed instructions provided were a "quick start" guide which told me to read the full manual and install Outlook on my PC. However, the guide was only provided on the accompanying CD, and was not even explicity named in the quick start guide. The net result was that I had to break the seal on the CD - and that would probably have been deemed to make the product unreturnable under the EULA which covered the disk. The PDA turned out to be faulty on delivery, and I was able to reject it to the supplier under the UK's "Distance Selling Regulations" which allow mail-order/web-purchase goods to be returned within 7 days of delivery without any reason (i.e. you can send them back even if you don't like the colour or have simply changed your mind after placing the order!). However, had I received an electric shock (or similar, e.g. I cut myself on a sharp edge which has to be avoided during the installation procedure) when trying to install the goods, but before I was able to read the manual, then I would have considered the installation instructions to have been inadequate on safety ground and that I would then have a case in law against the supplier. This might have been the case, for example, if I had bought a Class I desktop PC and connected it to a supply mains socket without ensuring that it was properly earthed beforehand - as instructed in the instructions on the accompanying CD! OK, so I should not get a dangerous shock from a normal PC, but what if it were another piece of equipment to different standards and leakage current limits? Regards to all. John Allen
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of peter merguerian Sent: 12 February 2006 06:20 To: Roger Volgstadt; [email protected] Subject: Re: Printed Safety Warning Statements I Roger, f you plan on marketing globally, you are far from elimitating printed safety instructions. Most countries require to submit the printed safety instructions as part of their cerification procedures. If the product you are marketing has a CD ROM Drive, maybe you can convince the authorities that printed safety instructions are exempt. However, not all countries will buy this. Best Regards, Peter Merguerian Roger Volgstadt <[email protected]> wrote: Hi everyone, As you may know, 60950-1 requires in 1.7.2 that safety instructions be provided so that equipment doesn't present a hazard. The form of the instructions (hard copy, CD! , web site) are generally considered a certification issue. There seems to be some variation on what various agencies require in order to eliminate printed safety instructions. Has anyone successfully eliminated printed safety instructions in liue of "soft" format instructions for professionally installed Certified ITE equipment? Thank you. Roger Volgstadt - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc _____ Relax. Yahoo! Mail virus <http://us.rd yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/virusall/*ht p://communications.yahoo.com/features.php?page=221> scanning helps detect nasty viruses! - ---------------------- ----------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.7/259 - Release Date: 13/02/06 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.7/259 - Release Date: 13/02/06 - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
