I could not find a separate definition in 2009/125/EC for ITE, so the IM for electronic household and office equipment (1275/2008)is assummed - it truly sayeth: "The application of this Regulation should be limited to products corresponding to household and office equipment intended for use in the domestic environment, which, for information technology equipment, corresponds to class B equipment as set out in EN 55022:2006."
Your end-use product/system is intended for domestic use. And the IM so sayeth: "As a general rule, requirements on standby and off mode set out in product-specific implementing measures pursuant to Directive 2005/32/EC should not be less ambitious than those set out in this Regulation." So we can conclude that the 'sub' assemblies of your system will have to conform to other IMs, such as the one for an EPS. But please hear ye. My general view is that the Class A/B limit as an demarcation for classification should not necessarily be relevant; and I use this parameter only for the purposes of the EMCD - not the LVD or necessarily the Ecodesign Directive. The fact that my employer's design engineers can meet Class B limits does not affect the intended end use or any condition of acceptability that would be specified in the declaration of conformity or the user's manual. You can pry my bench linear power supplies and my incandescent bulbs from my cold dead hands. Brian From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Clif Brick Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 7:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Is this an ITE equipment I am in need of a jury of my peers... I will not hold you responsible for your opinion in any way, but the input is appreciated. In your judgment, relative to the ECO design directive in the EU, specifically to the power supply regulation, is the following an ITE equipment? To be clear I'm only asking about the ECO design directive and supply efficiency regulations that go into force on the 27th. A pet door with an on board processor, RFID reader, serial port/USB port, and may be powered by battery or optional power supply. The device reads an implanted RFID chip that is in the pet, then operates a latch based on comparing the detected ID to a stored list of allowed IDs. In addition the device optionally connects to a PC located nearby to monitor, log, and control the latch mechanism remotely. The definition of ITE equipment provided in the ECO directive: " 'information technology equipment' means any equipment which has a primary function of either entry, storage, display, retrieval, transmission, processing, switching, or control, of data and of telecommunication messages or a combination of these functions and may be equipped with one or more terminal ports typically operated for information transfer;" Guidance provided in the document "Guidelines accompanying Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008 of 17 December 2008 implementing Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for standby and off-mode electric power consumption of electrical and electronic household equipment (October 2009)", states the following: "Annex I limits the scope for ITE to those products intended primarily for use in the domestic environment, i.e. EMC Class B IT equipment. The definition of "information technology equipment" and "domestic environment" is identical EN 55022 covering essential requirements of the "EMC" Directive 2004/108/EC.The EMC classification can be used as an indicator to decide if an ITE product is in scope or out of scope of the Regulation. Because the EMC classification is part of the self declaration of CE conformity for IT equipment, it is a consistent indicator." Many thanks, Clif Brick - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.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 <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
