Kevin, I don't have time to go into this in depth right now, but I suggest you start by reading the following:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/4366337.stm Unless the phone is specifically sold as being suitable for use in a hazardous atmosphere (for example, see product number 450-6502 at rswww.com) in which case the ATEX Directive applies, there are no special restrictions on the sale of such devices in the EU. Note my careful choice of words ' the sale of such devices'. The 'use of such devices' is another matter! Nick. At 14:16 +1000 16/5/07, Kevin Richardson wrote: >Hi all, > >Until very recently, Australian regulations for cell phones included a >requirement concerning the potential risk of ignition from a cell phone in >potentially flammable atmospheres. > >Although this requirement has now been dropped for cell phones, the subject >has been raised again with respect to satellite phones because it is >understood that satellite phones may very well being radiating higher power >from the antenna than can be expected from a cell phone. The Australian >requirements for a cell phone was to comply with the limits set in a British >Standard BS 6656:1991 or add a suitable warning in user documentation. I >understand this standard was withdrawn and a Guide concerning these limits >was published around 2002. > >My Question >Can anyone in the group advise if there are or were any requirements in the >UK concerning Satellite phones and potentially flammable atmospheres etc. > >In consideration of the likelihood of a satellite phone having greater power >radiating levels from the antenna than a cell phone (I understand satellite >phones can be up to around 5 watts), I am wondering if the UK has anything >in place that addresses what power radiating levels or what practices are >acceptable (user documentation warnings etc) for a satellite phone in the UL >in the past and today. If there are none, I am presuming that the UK do >not consider the operation of satellite phones to be of a potential risk of >ignition in flammable atmospheres although I would find this surprising. > >I would also be interested in the history in the UK (i.e. what if anything >was in place in the past and how/why was it changed). > >I think the USA (FCC) still has a need to place a warning in user >documentation about operation of cell phones in potentially flammable >atmospheres. 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