I must give my apologies. I sent my e-mail with incomplete information. I never intended to imply that the IEC logo was an approval mark. My intention was to provide it as a reference to Brian O'Connell. Since he has indicated that the mark on the component is not backed up by any agency, I am assuming that the manufacturer used the IEC logo as a template to try to fool customers into believing that the component was "approved".
Most agencies are very good at providing information to distinguish their logo from various approval marks. These reference pages do a good job of explaining the meaning behind each mark. http://www.ul.com/marks_labels/mark/index.html http://www.vde.com/VDE_PI_en/TestingCert/VDEMarks/ http://www.us.tuv.com/downloads/index.html Ted Eckert American Power Conversion/MGE http://www.apc.com/ The items contained in this e-mail reflect the personal opinions of the writer and are only provided for the assistance of the reader. The writer is not speaking in an official capacity for APC-MGE or Schneider Electric. The speaker does not represent APC-MGE's or Schneider Electric's official position on any matter. <[email protected] > Sent by: "Richard To Nute" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> cc 05/31/2007 04:00 Subject PM RE: 'IEC' symbol ?? Please respond to <[email protected]> Hi Ted: I believe the symbol is a trademark, not unlike the ANSI trademark. Or the UL trademark. The UL Listing (certification) mark includes the UL trademark as one of its four components. Be careful that the UL trademark alone is NOT UL's certification mark. Wikipedia says: A trademark is a distinctive sign or indicator of some kind which is used by an individual, business organization or other legal entity to uniquely identify the source of its products and/or services to consumers, and to distinguish its products or services from those of other entities. A trademark is a type of intellectual property, and typically comprises a name, word, phrase, logo, symbol, design, image, or a combination of these elements. Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 12:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: 'IEC' symbol ?? > > > I have an old IEC document from 1982 with an IEC symbol. (It > is IEC 297-2 to be exact.) The symbol has a square border > with the "C" reaching close to the sides of the square. A > capital "E" is centered inside of the "C" and a lower case > "i" is interwoven through the three horizontal bar of the "E". > > A similar version is available on a copy of a 1981 IEC > Bulletin. The copy on my standard uses straight lines for > the "I" and "E" and is less stylized. > http://www.iec.ch/about/history/pdf_history/75th%20anniversary > %20IEC%20Bulletin.pdf > > Ted Eckert > American Power Conversion/MGE > http://www.apc.com/ > - 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 ______________________________________________________________________
