Pathos and tragedy, with a bit of comedy, in the EMC lab. Once had the sales manager for a major lab say "we have never done that test but would give you a good deal so we could get experience..."
Brian From: Ed Price [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 1:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PSES] Brick power supplies and test errors (two topics) Ghery: I found that business conditions have created large labs which strive to provide one-stop compliance services, and that this concept is subject to corruption by enthusiasm. By that, I mean that the labs often have a little subsection which is tasked with doing nothing but expanding the range of accreditations; these are the chaps who paper entire hallways with certificates of accreditation, allowing you to take comfort that if you ever needed a machine safety certificate for Kleptostan, you were already in the right place. A certain disconnect exists between these certificate harvesters (think marketing) and the other part of the lab (think engineering) which actually has to do that rare and idiosyncratic test. Ed Price WB6WSN Chula Vista, CA USA From: Pettit, Ghery [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 10:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PSES] Brick power supplies and test errors (two topics) I brought up some serious problems with accredited labs at the ASC C63 meetings in Mesa last month. One accrediting body seems interested in dealing with the issue, the others not so much. It's so much fun to go into a lab that isn't properly equipped to perform tests listed on its Scope of Accreditation. Ghery S. Pettit From: Grasso, Charles [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 9:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PSES] Brick power supplies and test errors (two topics) It would appear that the best efforts of lab accreditations are not living up to expectations? Or am I expecting too much? Best Regards Charles Grasso Compliance Engineer Echostar Communications (w) 303-706-5467 (c) 303-204-2974 (t) [email protected] (e) [email protected] (e2) [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]>
