>From the description you have given it does not sound likely your product is intended to be used in the home and so testing and marketing it as a Class A product seems a reasonable approach.
The Ethernet Switch you linked is a good example - a 24 or 48 port 10/100/1000 Ethernet switch is not designed to be used for connecting together 2 PCs at home - whereas a small 4 port switch could be reasonably assumed to be used as such and I would argue that this should be a class B product. regards Charlie > Dear All, > We are planning to sell ethernet based smart card reader in Europe > (German) for attendance recording. There is no intentional radiator in this > device. Will this need a Class B approval ? My understanding is as per CISPR 22 only telecommunication equipment and personal computers / accessories used in home environment need Class B approval in Europe. 1. Usage of the device in small offices will be treated as domestic use > or business / commercial / industrial use. > 2. I believe a device connected to the network server through ethernet > is not a personal computer accessory. > 3. Ethernet devices are not telecommunication network devices, I hope I > am correct. > 4. Personal computers used in business / commercial / industrial environment require only Class A. > > I request your guidance. > > Sincerely > > K.Balasubramanian > Project Leader - Hardware. > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ______________________________________________________________________
