Thank you. Best Regards Charles Grasso Compliance Engineer Echostar Communications Corp. Tel: 303-706-5467 Fax: 303-799-6222 Cell: 303-204-2974 Pager/Short Message: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
From: John Woodgate [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 1:14 AM To: Grasso, Charles Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: Definition of system integrator In message <f38c1e8a75404347a126608a8f48af5508fcc...@mer2-excha2.echostar.com>, dated Sun, 13 Jan 2008, "Grasso, Charles" <[email protected]> writes: >Thank you John and Monrad. I wonder though how this clinical definition >applies in the PC marketplace? > >Who is the "manufacturer" when an external USB drive is purchased >(by a consumer) and then attached to - say - a laptop BTW >in this case we have two CE marked devices! The EMC Directive doesn't apply to collections of equipment set up by a private individual. Any interference that results is controlled, in Europe, by the vestiges of national legislation that preceded the implementation of the Directive, or new legislation with the same effect. > >How does the "manufacturer" of the laptop prove that his product >complies with the EMC Directive with the plethora of peripherals >available to the everyday consumer? He doesn't have to, only with the real or simulated peripherals described in the relevant EMC standards. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk For very important information, please turn over. 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

