The FCC was receiving a growing number of complaints about interference through the 1960's and 1970's. The first version of rules for unintentional radiators were proposed in 1976. The Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association (CBEMA) did a study based on models and real equipment in 1977. The FCC used the CBEMA data and proposed the final rules in 1979 which were enacted in 1980.
I am not as familiar with the history of specific safety regulation in the United States. However, safety regulation is dictated by the local jurisdictions, not by the Federal government. The history of safety regulation is a lot more complicated than that for EMC. 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. David Lohbeck <d_lohbeck@yahoo. com> To Sent by: [email protected] [email protected] cc Subject 10/10/2007 09:19 FCC Part 15 and U.S. Safety dates? PM hELLO, Does anyone know when the FCC rules (part 15) went into effect (1982)? Also, was there a date that a U.S. safety law WAS enacted and by who (OSHA)? Thanks,, Dave Lohbeck Check out the hottest 2008 models today at Yahoo! Autos. - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 e-mail has been scanned by MCI Managed Email Content Service, using Skeptic(tm) technology powered by MessageLabs. For more information on MCI's Managed Email Content Service, visit http://www.mci.com. ______________________________________________________________________
