I think we have to be realistic. It is very costly to carry out
technical assessments for EMC, which are the only way to detect
violations. Safety is a bit different; violations can often simply be
seen (or at least strongly suspected) by visual inspection, and
laboratory testing may not be needed.
So for EMC, it's only economically viable to operate a complaint-driven
approach, and we know that the proportion of cases of EMI that result in
a complaint is low. In Britain, a government service continuously
monitors the frequencies used by the emergency services, so protection
of them is not complaint-driven. But CISPR is getting generalized
complaints about potential interference with AM radio and amateur bands
reception, which must have a lower priority.
Or we could all pay a lot more tax. You choose.
Of course, the profession can try to educate, which probably has some
effect, but there are new potential violators coming on-stream all the
time, so it must be a continuous process. It seems to me that what
actually happens, mostly, is that IEEE, and similar smaller bodies,
spends time educating its younger members, and not so much on educating
manufacturers. Test houses and consultants have a dilemma - educate too
well and you reduce your future revenue.
John Woodgate OOO-Own Opinions Only
J M Woodgate and Associates www.woodjohn.uk
Rayleigh, Essex UK
On 2018-11-01 23:37, Regan Arndt wrote:
Hi Pete. Yes, it's a sad state of affairs. Our profession needs to do
more or something different to turn this around.
I wish AdCo could release where these products originated from so we
can focus our attention on improvements in these regions.
Anybody know of some examples of penalties/fines that have occurred
recently?
I'm also surprised there was no cross-border market surveillance of
just LVD or Machinery. It appears they are just cherry picking the
high profile products/categories.
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