Last I heard, Korea is an in country test, or one of a very few external approved labs. Don't take any more calls from the customer, unless it is prefaced with a request for a quote for the new testing required.
>________________________________ > From: Ron Pickard RPQ <[email protected]> >To: "'McInturff, Gary'" <[email protected]> >Cc: [email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 9:01 PM >Subject: RE: Sanity check - Korea please > > >Hi Gary, >Korea aside, how would a 14 yr old EU/CE EMC test report still provide a >presumption of conformity with the current EMC or R&TTE Directives as their >lists of harmonized standards are regularly revised/updated? > >Given the EU standards you’re referencing, I assume that the product in >question is an unintentional radiator (no wireless transmitters). Does safety >(60950-1, 60950, 950) also apply? What inter-communication features does this >product have (PSTN, etc.)? As you can see, depending on this product’s >features, actual compliance time/costs can spiral further than a new EMC test >report. > >Regarding Korea, I will have to bow to others more experienced with the new >KCC requirements. > >Best regards, > >Ron Pickard > >From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of McInturff, Gary >Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 6:26 PM >To: '[email protected]' >Subject: Sanity check - Korea please > >I have a customer with a EMC test about 14 years old now – and it was done to >US and EU requirements 55022 55024 etc. They now have a requirement for Korea >and are insisting that Korean approval can be gained without a Korean >acceptance of the test – which requires documented evidence that the tests >were perform at Korean required voltage an frequency. > >Ignoring the fact that generally no county accepts test reports that old for a >new approval even if the design has never changed. Can anyone verify that >Korea will not accept for approval test data that doesn’t clearly indicate the >appropriate test voltages and frequencies are used – will they accept European >test voltages. > >The bottom line is that after 14 years they have a new requirement and want us >to eat the cost of getting it, somehow assuming we should have known better >than they that in the far distant future they would have a new market. > > >Gary McInturff >Reliability/Compliance Engineer > > >Esterline Interface Technologies Featuring >ADVANCED INPUT, MEMTRON, and LRE MEDICAL products >600 W. Wilbur Avenue >Coeur d’Alene, ID 83815-9496 >Office:208-635-8306 >Cell: 509 868 2279 >Toll Free: 800-444-5923 X 1238 >[email protected] > > >www.esterline.com/interfacetechnologies > >Technology, Innovation, Performance... > > >- >---------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc >discussion list. 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