Thanks Scott. The last sentence makes it very clear. *"For products with multiple voltage ratings, input or output, the products are considered within the scope of this Directive as soon as one of the ratings fall within the given voltage rating."*
Regan On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 2:55 PM, Scott Aldous <scottald...@google.com> wrote: > Hi Regan, > > See the LVD guidelines <http://ec.europa.eu/DocsRoom/documents/20341>, > section 6. From the guide: > > "The Directive applies to all electrical equipment 8 designed for use with > a voltage rating > of between 50 and 1000 V for alternating current and between 75 and 1500 V > for > direct current. Voltage ratings refer to the voltage of the electrical > input or output, not > to voltages that may appear inside the equipment. > > Following discussions with Member States, the Commission has taken the > position > that the term “designed for use with a voltage range” shall be understood > as > equipment having either a rated input voltage or a rated output voltage > inside this > voltage range. Internally there may be higher voltages. > > For products with multiple voltage ratings, input or output, the products > are considered > within the scope of this Directive as soon as one of the ratings fall > within the given > voltage rating." > > On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 2:45 PM Regan Arndt <reganar...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi folks. >> >> It's been a while since I went on the europa website and I just saw this >> (never noticed it before). The general europa webpage section of the LVD >> has bolded the text " *input* *or* *output voltage* ". More >> interestingly, the conjunction ‘*or*’. Some could now argue that their >> HV power supply (120/240 VAC input, >1500 V output) or ESD test equipment >> (4KV+), etc. is exempt from the LVD because they think they have an option >> due to the interpretation (or misinterpretation) of the word 'OR'. >> (Yes, I have already seen cases like this) …….perhaps the website should >> have stated “*and/or*” rather than just “*or*” or word it differently. >> Again, the key point here is the word 'or'. >> >> Also, when I was at the PSES symposium this year in San Jose, I asked a >> similar question related to this and some seemed to think that this was >> ‘input’ voltage only. >> >> Your comments, opinions & advice on this topic are greatly appreciated. >> >> Below are the excerpts: >> >> About the Low Voltage Directive (LVD) >> >> The LVD covers health and safety risks on electrical equipment operating >> with an *input* *or* *output voltage* of between: >> >> · 50 and 1000 V for alternating current >> >> · 75 and 1500 V for direct current >> >> Excerpt obtained from: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/electrical- >> engineering/lvd-directive_en >> >> >> The directive itself does not specifically call out input or output per >> se. It only states ‘rating’. >> >> *Chapter 1, Article 1:* >> >> *This Directive shall apply to electrical equipment designed for use with >> a voltage rating of between 50 and 1 000 V for alternating current and >> between 75 and 1 500 V for direct current, other than the equipment and >> phenomena listed in Annex II.* >> >> >> >> Excerpt from the Directive obtained from: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/ >> legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 >> >> >> Regan Arndt >> IEEE PSES SCV Chair >> - >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc >> discussion list. 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