John,
If you are able to persuade Washington Lawyers to rewrite the CFRs
so that they are properly worded and easily understood, I think you would be
able to retire a very rich man ;-) Happy New Year.
Larry
-----Original Message-----
From: John Woodgate [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 2:35 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: FCC requires testing by accredited lab?
In message <[email protected]>,
dated Tue, 4 Jan 2011, Ken Wyatt <[email protected]> writes:
>For Electrical testing laboratories seeking to be recognized (listed)
>by The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the FCC requires
>that manufacturers and suppliers of personal computers and computer
>peripherals who intend to use a "Declaration of Conformity" on their
>products must have the products tested by an accredited Electromagnetic
>Compatibility (EMC) laboratory. A2LA is one of the approved
>accreditation bodies under this program. Laboratories seeking to be
>accepted by the FCC by virtue of their A2LA Electrical (EMC)
>accreditation must also meet the technical requirements contained in
>FCC Parts 15 & 18 and 47 CFR Parts 2 & 15.
>
>Reading that paragraph is confusing in that it starts out by mentioning
>"testing laboratories seeking to be recognized [by the FCC]"...and
>then changing the main topic to "manufacturers and suppliers [of PCs
>and peripherals]. I was under the impression that U.S. product
>manufacturers were NOT required to use an accredited lab, so long as
>they had proficient capability in-house.
It's very badly worded. It would make more sense if it were re-arranged like
this:
The FCC requires that manufacturers and suppliers of personal computers and
computer peripherals who intend to use a "Declaration of Conformity" on
their products must have the products tested by an accredited
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) laboratory.
For Electrical testing laboratories seeking to be recognized (listed) by the
U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), A2LA is one of the approved
accreditation bodies under this program. Laboratories seeking to be accepted
by the FCC by virtue of their A2LA Electrical (EMC) accreditation must also
meet the technical requirements contained in FCC Parts 15 & 18 and 47 CFR
Parts 2 & 15.
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