Regarding UL 61010-1 3rd Ed., how will we know when we can start using this new standard? We currently use the 3rd Ed. for Europe because it becomes mandatory in October, but our NRTL says we cannot use the 3rd Ed. in North America yet. How will we know when we can?
You are correct. It is very frustrating having to work with two different versions of the same base standard for different markets. It more than doubles our work load adding more cost and overhead to our products. The Other Brian -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pete Perkins Sent: Friday, August 09, 2013 2:12 PM To: [email protected] Cc: 'Scott Douglas' Subject: RE: [PSES] Standards Dates Scott, et al, The cessation date is more flexible in the US than in Europe. UL has a Continuing Certification Program which has been in place for some time which can be applied to certified products approved in the past. For instance, UL recently announced that this CCP will apply to 61010 products which were certified under the 1st ed of the standard such that those certified products may continue to be UL marked as long as no changes are made in the construction as described in the UL Report. Any changes, of course, force the evaluation the entire product to the newer standard; this can especially become a problem when, thru no fault f the product manufacturer, critical components disappear at end-of-mfg-life and substitutions need to be made. The decision to use this program seems to be on a standard-by-standard basis and is up to the UL STP responsible for the standard. All the STP stakeholders have an opportunity to affect the decision to use (or not use) the CCProgram so all interests ought to be served. This approach does not negate the EN approach to having definite cessation dates (DOCOPOSS, as John W always points out - thank you very much John) and will be a point of confusion & frustration for manufacturers who work to serve a worldwide market with a single product. You should be able to determine if this is applicable in your case by inquiry into the STP for your standard. :>) br, Pete Peter E Perkins, PE Principal Product Safety Engineer PO Box 23427 Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 503/452-1201 fone/fax [email protected] - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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]> ________________________________ 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]>
