Hi All, The product is a wall mounted touch panel and the question relates to ErP, specifically for the EU and California. The display is only 4" big. The unit is powered by two possible means. One is by Power over Ethernet, the other is a barrel connector for plugging in a wall-wart. We do not sell or ship the wall-wart with the product. Our installation instructions show both methods of powering the panel however.
We required ErP testing on the product. The manufacturer is pushing back saying ErP is not required for this product. They cite two points making that claim. First is Regulation 1275/2008, Article 1.(c). "is dependent on energy input from the mains power source in order to work as intended; and...". Second point they cite is from the "Guidelines accompanying Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008..." page 5 (decision tree) and page 9, Article 2, point 1c: Examples for energy input other than from the mains power source: · power over Ethernet · power over a telephone land-line · DC-powered products, and power over USB · non-rechargeable batteries. I know guidelines carry no legal weight, so my question is - is such a device required to meet ErP and have a 3rd party test lab report? They say no because it is not powered by AC Mains. But we have had other products powered by wall-warts and was told that we had to test the product and the EPS together under 1275/2008. In addition, we had to test the EPS separately under 278/2009. So I have never gotten a clear definition whether these kinds of product need ErP test as a product. (I always expected to have to get 278/2009 testing done for the EPS itself if we sold the EPS.) Hoping someone can provide more clarity on this one. Thanks for any comments in advance. 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]>
