Exactly my thinking. I am forcing a customer to allow us to apply a serial for that same reason, but it is always better if I can point to a published requirement.
As for "'common sense' in operation"..... Bwwwahhhaaaa haaa haaaa haaaaa Mr. Woodgate is as amusing as he is knowledgeable.... luck, Brian > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of John > Woodgate > Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 8:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: DoCs After July > > > In message <[email protected]>, > dated Tue, 6 > Feb 2007, Brian O'Connell <[email protected]> writes > >I cannot determine if the requirement for "identification" or > >"tracibility", as per the context of the EMC and LV directives, > >pertains to use for a recall, or just so the mfr is known. > > I didn't mean that recall was explicitly mentioned in the Directives. > But it's obviously in the manufacturer's interest not to have > to recall > 10000 units in the field if the problem affects only about > 100 made on > 32 Octember 200¾, but they can't be identified. A serial > number, batch > number or date code solves that. > > > >Does anyone have the actual requirement, in either directive, for > >marking with a batch or serial for the purpose of recall ? > > No, it isn't there. It's an aspect of 'common sense' in operation. > -- > OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk > There are benefits from being irrational - just ask the > square root of 2. > John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - 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 ______________________________________________________________________
