I agree with Dave. I would not include the adapter on your DoC for your end product. However, your test reports/technical file should state what adapter is used for end product compliance. And instructions/information to the user should state that the product must only be used with the adapter provided.
Jim Hulbert From: Nyffenegger, Dave [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2018 12:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: **External**Re: [PSES] DoC - 3rd party device to be included? This email originated from outside the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Amund, I’d think (since your product conformance is only valid with specific adapter) your adapter must be included with your product when doing all the applicable testing to harmonized standards and in the technical file as a critical component and therefore would be inherently included in your DoC. But it wouldn’t be separately identified on your DoC. Nor would I think your DoC would simply include the same conformity statements to the directives and standards listed on the adapter DoC. I have seen other products that do not include the adapter in their product DoC. For example the product DoC would declare to EMC, RED, RoHS but would not declare to LVD that would clearly apply to the adapter. Likely in those cases the manufacturer chooses to have the option of using different adapters without changing their product certification. -Dave From: Amund Westin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2018 12:09 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [PSES] DoC - 3rd party device to be included? We buy AC/DC adapters form a major power supply manufacturer. It has all the papers in place as DoC, CB test reports and CB certificate. This adapter has been used under the EMC, LVD and RED tests of our product. There have been some questions if the adapter should be included in the DoC, because conformance of our product is only valid with that specific adapter. Even though the adapter has its own DoC, I think it is correct to include the adapter in our DoC since both parts are put together on the marked as a combined solution (in the same package). Do we take any unnecessary adapter manufacturer responsibilities by including the adapter type designation on our DoC? Any thoughs? Looked into the Blue Guide, but could not find any discussions about this. BR Amund - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. 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