Hi Jamison:
Supposedly, only the safety instructions that are specified in the standard can
be arbitrarily subject to “printed” versus “electronic” where the standard does
not so specify.
Many products today are “stand-alone” safe, where the safety is not dependent
on installation or operation. (The computer you are using to read this e-mail
is likely “stand-alone” safe.) In this case, no safety instructions are
necessary. (The products I was associated with were of this construction; we
had no requirements imposed upon us for manuals.)
For permanently-wired equipment, a safety instruction label on the equipment
should suffice.
Where safe operation of the equipment is operator-dependent, a safety
instruction label should suffice and will be better than an instruction manual,
whether printed or electronic.
Good luck,
Rich
From: Kortas, Jamison [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2016 9:05 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [PSES] Paper Manuals?
Good Morning,
Has anyone had any success in getting standards writers and/or evaluation
organizations to accept an electronic version of a manual as an equivalent
alternative to a paper version even when the standard refers to a paper manual?
I am getting mixed signals from various individuals within organizations and
wanted to pool ask the group for any insight.
I would think, particularly for equipment that is installed by trained
professionals and not lay people, there might be an appetite for this sort of
change.
Thanks,
Jamison
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