Grace, your request begs the question, what version of a standard am I suppose to test to? Since the 61000-4 series are not harmonized in Europe, though there are "EN" versions of these standards available, I'm often confronted with the question of what version to test to.
We make laboratory equipment which falls under the harmonized family standard EN 61326-1 which currently calls out the IEC 61000-4-6:2006 (which I think is Ed2.2). So when the IEC comes out with their next version should we stick with what our family standard calls out or test to the newer versions? Or can we do whatever we want? On occasion we do some testing for other companies who wonders why we are not testing to the latest IEC standards. If we do test to the newer versions, can we still use this to claim compliance to EN 61326-1? As another example, the EN 61326-1 calls out the IEC 61000-4-2:2000 ESD test though the IEC has a 2008 version out. There is even an EN 2009 version. What to do?? Harmonized "EN" standards we jump on quickly, but due to the cost and work involved we generally do not run out and get the latest IEC version unless there is a good reason to do so. What do you others do? The Other Brian From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Grace Lin Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 9:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: IEC 61000-4-6 Ed 2.2, IEC 61000-4-6 Ed 3.0, and IEC 61000-4-6 Ed 4.0 Dear Members, What are major differences among different versions of the IEC 61000-4-6? My copy is Ed 2.2. I was about to purchase Ed 3.0. However, I noted a forecast publication date of Ed 4.0 is 2013-08-15, less than six months from today. Should I go ahead purchasing Ed 3.0? Thank you very much for your time and look forward to your comments. Best regards, Grace Lin - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[email protected]>> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> David Heald <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> ________________________________ LECO Corporation Notice: This communication may contain confidential information intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you received this by mistake, please destroy it and notify us of the error. Thank you. - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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]>
