Hi Jim, For EN 60950, there is an OSM decision that addresses this, basically saying that safety info must be provided in hardcopy form. See sheet number 95/11 from this link:
http://www.iecee.org/ctl/osm_sheets/osm-ee_decisions.html UL has a PAG on this as well for UL 60950-1. The reference is 1.7.2-3. Guidelines there are more complicated, and depend on intended application. On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Jim Hulbert <[email protected]> wrote: > Operator Instructions, including the obligatory safety instructions, are > often now provided on a DVD or website. For commercial products, is there > a minimum amount of printed instructions that must still be included with > the product if the user manual is on line? We have been told in the past > by an NRTL that the safety instructions must still be provide in printed > form with the product, because the assumption cannot be made that the user > can easily access the information on a website. I can’t find where that > is stated in the standards, such as ITE Standard UL/EN 60950-1. The > standard says the information must be provided to the user, but it doesn’t > say in what form it is to be provided. And in the Machinery Standard EN > 60204-1, it states that the technical information can be provided in a > media that is acceptable to both manufacturer and user. It doesn’t say > anything has to be printed. So I guess the question is, is it OK to go > 100% electronic? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Jim Hulbert > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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) <http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.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]> > -- Scott Aldous Compliance Engineer Google 650-253-1994 [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]>
