Alan, This part of the legislation affects 'fixed installations', not movable equipment such as printers and PCs, which will be compliant in their own right. It is intended to control interference from built-in plant and machinery, IT networks and such like. In other words it is concerned with the equipment that is fixed in the premises and not capable of being completely assessed prior to installation. The intent is to promote good practice in the construction and installation of such equipment. The good practices may include such aspects as construction of enclosures, provision of filtering, separation of power and data cables, shielding of power and data cables, earthing and bonding, etc.. The requirement is simply that these good practices are both considered and documented as evidence of due diligence.
Best regards Neil R. Barker CEng MIET HonFSEE MIEEE Manager Quality Engineering e2v technologies (uk) ltd 106 Waterhouse Lane Chelmsford Essex CM1 2QU UK Tel: (+44) 1245 453616 Fax: (+44) 1245 453571 Mob: (+44) 7801 723735 P Please consider the environment before printing this email. From: Hudson, Alan (UK) [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 20 July 2007 10:35 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: New EMC Directive, new standards list Brian Jones wrote: > If you are based in the EEA and change your fixed installations (offices, factories, etc.) > from today in a way that may affect the electromagnetic compatibility, you must appoint a > responsible person and document the good engineering practices involved in the change (not the whole installation). Out of (more than passing) interest - why do you think it affects offices and factories? (Apart from the obvious need for a factory/office not to interfere with local services, passing aircraft, etc - but that was always the case anyway.) Is there some particular wording of the Directive or Regulations that implies factories & offices are included? Let's face it - bringing in one new printer or PC for your office affects the factory/office EMC "profile", and if every office is going to have to document simple things like that it is going to cost industry a fortune! Almost all EU Directives are aimed at products for a free market, and making sure they are up to the job. I find it hard to believe that the Directive was intended to include industry's factories and offices, especially considering the costs that will be invoked. Hmmm? Alan BAE Systems Sent by E2V TECHNOLOGIES PLC or a member of the E2V group of companies. A company registered in England and Wales. Company number: 04439718. Registered address: 106 Waterhouse Lane, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 2QU, 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 ______________________________________________________________________
