Hello All, I just became aware of a (supposedly) new US federal requirement for "External Power Supplies" (EPS) that goes into force in July 2008 mandating minimum energy efficiency compliance.
The website listed as "Energy Star Program Requirements for Single Voltage External Ac-Dc and AC-AC Power Supplies, Version -2" ( <file://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/ rod_development/revisions/downloads/eps_prog_reqs_d1v2.pdf> www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/prod_dev lopment/revisions/downloads/eps_prog_reqs_d1v2.pdf) is no longer valid, and there are no apparent links to any "government Site". This listed Energy Star website appears to be totally voluntarily and not a federal requirement. Question: Does anyone know the actual date of the publication of this law in the Federal Register, the scope of Actual Law as passed, and the real requirements of the law ??? I have not been able to locate the actual law and determine it's specific requirements or applicability to what classes of devices it is applied to (i.e.: consumer only - or does it apply to laboratory and industrial equipment also) A Google search turned up about 200K items but no actual reference to a real law. Does anyone out there know if this is real or another bogus Blog by EDN. All responses are gratefully acknowledged in advance. Best regards to all. //Michael Taylor Loveland, CO This message (including any attachments) contains confidential and/or proprietary information intended only for the addressee. Any unauthorized disclosure, copying, distribution or reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may constitute a violation of law. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by responding to this e-mail, and delete the message from your system. If you have any questions about this e-mail please notify the sender immediately. - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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
