In message
<caey+zho7p8ud3cpwftnkrbzvembc0fgrfclkaqrcoz4pdh2...@mail.gmail.com>,
dated Thu, 24 Oct 2013, EMC Guy <[email protected]> writes:
I would like to know the EMC requirements for, let's say the US and
Europe (FCC and CE), on this type of equipment not intended for sale to
the general public.
If these "products" (they are sold, not given away) are exempt, what is
the method to get through customs without any EMC labeling on the
device or packaging?
As far as I know, this question was posed to the European authorities a
long time ago but never answered fully. If you are in Europe, I
recommend seeking advice from the distributor Farnell, which will not
sell anything that does not conform, but does sell evaluation boards
with no CE mark and no DoC.
In practice, the number of these sold is very small, they are used in a
technical environment where there are many other sources of emission
and, because they are low power, the chance of a strong emission is very
small. The Guide to the EMC Directive includes:
"Commercial equipment which is modified by and for the use of radio
amateurs and kits of components to be assembled by radio amateurs are
not regarded as commercially available, and are therefore outside the
scope of both the EMC and R&TTE Directives."
It seems unreasonable to exempt that sort of stuff but not the same sort
of stuff used by professionals (which may also be radio amateurs) in
what is very likely an environment under better EMC control.
--
OOO - Own Opinions Only. With best wishes. See www.jmwa.demon.co.uk
If dictionaries were correct, we would only need one, because they would all
give the same information.
John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK
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