This has always confused me. My company makes Laboratory Equipment (Analytical Test Equipment) which we have always categorized as ISM Equipment (Industrial, Scientific, Medical). But both FCC Part 15 and 18 references ISM equipment.
By nature of what our products are or the category of product they are, would it be correct to say they fall under FCC Part 18?? Or, to fall under FCC Part 18, does our products have to intentionally generate and use RF directly in its function (such as CISPR11 Group 2)? Do you have to use the ISM frequencies to be part 18? Now, CISPR11 is for ISM products, but Group 2 is used only on products where RF is used as part of its function to test a sample. But Group 1 products are still ISM products even if it does not intentionally generate RF of any kind. To add to my confusion, looking at other test equipment in our EMC lab, some have FCC statements in the manual for Part 15, others for part 18. Yet I cannot distinguish a clear reason for one or the other. So for the FCC, how do you draw the line between Part 15 and Part 18 for ISM Equipment? Thanks to all. The Other Brian ________________________________ LECO Corporation Notice: This communication may contain confidential information intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you received this by mistake, please destroy it and notify us of the error. Thank you. - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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]>
