In recent years many standards have been adding risk assessment to their requirements. A part of this is all about foreseeable misuse. That said I do not feel it is appropriate for a manufacturer to "police" every action if the end user. You best bet may be to mitigate by saying something along the lines of "not for use for any other purpose..."
Thanks, - doug Douglas Powell http://www.linkedin.com/in/dougp01 Original Message From: Scott Xe Sent: Friday, October 17, 2014 9:51 AM To: [email protected] Reply To: Scott Xe Subject: [PSES] Misuse mains cordset We have an audio product that comes with an external power supply. The external power supply uses a detachable cordset. The cordset consists of a 2-pin 16A European Schuko plug, a cable of 0.75mm2 wires and a 10A kettle connector. This cordset is capable of delivering 6A current according to the cable in use. The unit consumes about 1A only. There is a concern of cable overheating if the user uses this cordset for other purpose according to the marking of the Schuko plug. Referring to other similar cordsets, this issue almost happens on most of cordsets. It seems there is no requirement in the current safety requirement looking after of it. Is it unduly worried? Scott - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) 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]> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) 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]>
