In message <9d04b979323dcd428297dda95108893e0120c...@bb-corp-ex2.corp.cubic.cub>, dated Fri, 2 May 2008, "Price, Edward" <ed.pr...@cubic.com> writes:
>However, the US market has become just about as regulation-controlled >as the European market, so I expect that someday we will see immunity >standards imposed on US consumer electronics. I think that misses a point. Interference with consumer equipment is almost always just a nuisance. interference with other services, especially emergency and aviation services, is liable to be far more than a nuisance. >(Since many products sold in the US market are already compliant with >EN, there is a de facto immunity requirement already in place. <g>) Because of the use of different frequency bands, the European radio-frequency immunity requirements may not be appropriate elsewhere. And the immunity to power supply disturbance phenomena certainly isn't appropriate unless it's expressed in very general terms. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk Murphy's Law has now been officially re-named The Certainty Principle 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 emc-p...@ieee.org 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 emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc