Dave, The ADCO document references the LVD 73/23 but many IT products are under the RTTE where there no such wording like in the LVD Annex I, par. A1. If a CD is needed to install the product (make it function), then there is an obvious need to have a PC and you may well put the safety manual on this CD. Of course, you need to take some precautions and tell the user (on paper) that he must read the manual on the CD first before even connecting the product to the mains. At least some CB labs/certification bodies accept this way of working.
Best regards, Kris Carpentier Regulatory & Approvals ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Heald Sent: woensdag 9 augustus 2006 15:28 To: [email protected] Cc: Don Clayton; Gemignani Robert; [email protected] Subject: Re: Electronic Copies of Instruction Manuals Rich, Thanks, good stuff. Now on to the followup... What about safety documentation for IEC60950-1 products shipping to CB Scheme countries (i.e. outside North America and the EU/RTTE)?? Does the safety information need to be printed, or is electronic copy information sufficient? (the US & EU required safety guides would of course be in the box, but this paper is mostly English). Thanks all, -Dave On 8/8/06, Richard Nute <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Don: > Can manufacturers ship products now with electronic manuals, > including important safeguards, worldwide with hard-copies > suppilied if requested by customers. These products fall > under EN60950 Download: http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/electr_equipment/lv/adcorecommendations .pdf Within the European Union: "The safety warnings and safety instructions needed to ensure that electrical equipment will be used safely and for intended applications shall be marked on the equipment. If this is not possible the warnings and instructions shall be made available on an accompanying paper. Providing the safety warnings and safety instructions on an accompanying CD-ROM, DVD, or on other media requiring additional equipment to read them, does not fulfill the requirement in paragraph 1 a of Annex I of the Low Voltage Directive." Therefore, under EN 60950, you must provide safety information either marked on the equipment or in hardcopy form. Best regards, Rich Richard Nute, CFEI Product Safety Consultant 11830 Wilmington Road San Diego, California 92128 USA Tel/FAX: +1-858-592-2620 Mobile: +1-858-776-1618 e-mail: [email protected] - 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 - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - 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 ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________
