Hi Brian:
We have three standards, one for the manual, and two for the product (the product standard and the general standard, IEC 61293). The mains ratings display differ among the standards. Your products must adhere to the product standard. If no marking requirements are in the product standard, you must adhere to IEC 61293. And the manual folks must adhere to their standard. In my opinion, the committees that wrote these standards were rather presumptuous that they each know best how to describe the mains ratings of a product. In practice, the user seldom refers to the ratings, either in the manual or on the product. You buy a product and you plug it in. Hard-wired is a different story. Here, the installer must know the ratings to connect it to a compatible supply. Most installers can interpret the many different displays of the ratings. Good luck with your manual folks! Cynical Rich - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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]>
