All MSD Article 2(k) states:
Electrical and electronic products falling within the following areas, insofar as they are covered by Council Directive 73/23/EEC of 19 February 1973 on the harmonisation of the laws of Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits (3): - household appliances intended for domestic use, - audio and video equipment, - information technology equipment, - ordinary office machinery, - low-voltage switchgear and control gear, - electric motors; The Guidance document states that "The exclusion set out in the fourth indent of Article 1 (2) (k) applies to electrical equipment such as, for example, printers, copiers, fax machines, sorters, binders and staplers" The example I'm considering is a commercial, indoor, bank paying-in machine -where deposits are placed in envelopes. - It contains a PC, screen, keyboard and reel-fed printer (for receipts) and keypad for entering information - The deposit envelope is placed in a receptacle that has a sliding lid (with obstruction detector) This doesn't seem to far removed from an electronic sorter or binder in terms of hazard, and there are plenty of household appliances have moving parts - many with far high power actuators Is it therefore reasonable to assess a paying-in machine to LVD, or should MSD be applied? Regards Charlie Charlie Blackham Sulis Consultants Ltd Tel: +44 (0)7946 624317 Web: www.sulisconsultants.com<http://www.sulisconsultants.com/> Registered in England and Wales, number 05466247 - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. 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]>
