In message <of6ed6e8a9.d266597e-on85257370.006ef586-85257370.0073a...@lexmark.com>, dated Wed, 10 Oct 2007, [email protected] writes:
>Of specific concern are the harmonic and flicker current requirements. >The limits can be scaled 230/115 to utilize the standard but since the >US and Canada have never adopted them it is not a common test on a >110-127 V product except in special cases. Therefore there is no >guarantee that the North American design will comply, and redesigning >it would not be preferable. I suspected that those were the standards involved (61000-3-2 and -3). They aren't applicable to systems with voltages around 120 V because they don't take into account the different power distribution configurations compared with the European. > >I will review the LVD as suggested I referred to the EMC Directive, but the same principle applies to the LVD: it doesn't apply to products not for use in the EC. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk There are benefits from being irrational - just ask the square root of 2. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex 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 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. ______________________________________________________________________
