RE: Australia C-Tick and safety requirements

2009-02-23 Thread Pickard, Ron
contained in this material, Stanimore take no responsibility for any actions taken as a result of receiving this material or for any consequence of its use. -Original Message- From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org]On Behalf Of Pickard, Ron Sent: Sat

RE: Australia C-Tick and safety requirements

2009-02-20 Thread Pickard, Ron
Dan, Jim et al, I believe the Australian document that you were requesting is the ACMA’s EMC Handbook, which can be accessed at: http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/aca_home/p blications/reports/industry/manuals/emcbook.pdf

RE: EN 60950-1 Safety Report Template

2009-01-28 Thread Pickard, Ron
Carl, The TRF's are indeed copyrighted and they can be purchased at the IEC's webstore or your company can become IECEE members whereby the TRFs are available to you free of charge from the CB Scheme website's member area. Brian has the right idea though and aside from the CB report fairy,

RE: New Turkey Requirement

2009-01-26 Thread Pickard, Ron
Tim, It was my experience in a past life that Turkey, especially Turkish Customs, has for the last few years been quite fanatical about enforcing/validating CE compliance of products entering Turkey. Turkish Customs was very particular for newly manufactured products (products held at Customs u

RE: In house test equipment

2009-01-23 Thread Pickard, Ron
Hi Grace, Pardon my lack of intimate familiarity of the inner workings of BSMI, but what is the meaning of “the third department of BSMI”? Does BSMI actually have a “third department”? Also, do you know what the problem with BSMI’s website (www.bsmi.gov.tw ) is as

RE: CE logo dimension in small products

2009-01-22 Thread Pickard, Ron
Thu, 22 Jan 2009, "Pickard, Ron" writes: >I would have thought that there would've been better consistency >regarding the CE marking procedure specified in CE marking related EU >directives. Indeed; it is something that is often complained about to the Commissi

RE: CE logo dimension in small products

2009-01-22 Thread Pickard, Ron
Hi Neil, I must disagree with you on one point. I am not aware of any EU directive allowing the CE marking to be less than 5mm in height, although Annex VII of the R&TTED provides some rather nebulous wording about that. To all, And while we’re on the subject, CE marking requirements from dir

RE: Safety Experts: Limited Voltage Pwr Supplies vs. Non-Limited Voltage Power Supplies

2009-01-21 Thread Pickard, Ron
Christine, As I and others have stated, the LPS requirement comes from IEC/EN/UL/etc 60950-1 safety standards, but this is of course assuming that 60950-1 is the safety standard that that manufacturer employed, which may not be acceptable to your product’s safety requirements. And as others hav

RE: Safety Experts: Limited Voltage Pwr Supplies vs. Non-Limited Voltage Power Supplies

2009-01-21 Thread Pickard, Ron
Hi Christine, It’s always a joy experiencing part substitutions, eh? And, LPS actually refers to a Limited Power Source as defined in the IEC60950-1 series. Anyway, have you had a chance to review the other power supply’s applicable safety report(s)? Whether it is or is not LPS will be dete

[Bulk] RE: Requirements in Ghana

2009-01-13 Thread Pickard, Ron
Hi Anders, You should be able to find what you’re looking for on Ghana’s National Communication Authority (NCA) website at http://www.nca.org.gh/index.asp. Ghana’s Ministry of Communication’s website might also be useful at http://www.moc.gov.gh/. IHTH. Best regards, Ron Pickard

RE: Electrical product recall & request

2009-01-13 Thread Pickard, Ron
From: Scott Xe [mailto:scott...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 7:42 AM To: Pickard, Ron; 'Nick Williams' Cc: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: RE: Electrical product recall Hi Ron, Thanks for your useful information and helpful guidance. What is a compliance engineer? I

RE: Electrical product recall

2009-01-12 Thread Pickard, Ron
Nick, The operational guidelines link for businesses (for dangerous consumer products) to which you refer is at: htt ://ec.europa.eu/consumers/safety/rapex/guidelines_business_en.htm. It's stated to be new there, but the actual linked document is dated 2004, so I guess we’ll have to wait for the r

RE: 5 Meter Chamber For EMI Qualification Testing

2009-01-09 Thread Pickard, Ron
009 11:09 AM To: Pickard, Ron Cc: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Re: 5 Meter Chamber For EMI Qualification Testing BSMI confirms test data taken at 3m per CNS13438 is NOT acceptable. - Grace On 1/9/09, Pickard, Ron wrote: Hi Grace, Then for the sake of consistency, does the BSMI also conf

RE: 5 Meter Chamber For EMI Qualification Testing

2009-01-09 Thread Pickard, Ron
Hi Grace, Then for the sake of consistency, does the BSMI also confirm 3m distance is acceptable per CNS13438, or not? Just curious. I look forward to your reply. Best regards, Ron Pickard Intermec Technologies Cedar Rapids, IA (319) 369-3142 ron.pick...@intermec.com

FCC HAC acceptance

2009-01-09 Thread Pickard, Ron
Greeting to all in this new year, I was just reviewing the FCC’s HAC requirements, which made me wonder how well the FCC’s HAC requirements are accepted globally, or if at all. Are there any countries that accept the FCC’s HAC requirements? And, are there any other countries that also impose th

RE: Outlet Connector 250VAC 2.5 amps

2008-12-10 Thread Pickard, Ron
Hi TOB, You might find what you're looking for from Shurter at: http://www.schurter.com They have quite an assortment of panel mount IEC 60320 style power input connector products, filtered and unfiltered. Best regards, Ron Pickard ron.pick...@intermec.com From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc

RE: Cables On The Floor

2008-12-10 Thread Pickard, Ron
Hi Ed, Google "spherical cow" and you'll be enlightened. And given the concept, I'm quite sure the term could find its way into a status report or two. :-) Best regards, Ron Pickard ron.pick...@intermec.com From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of Price, Edward Sent: Wed

HAC and the FCC

2008-11-17 Thread Pickard, Ron
To all, The FCC is in the process of imposing HAC requirements for digital wireless phones. I am asking those intimately knowledgeable with that process if this requirement would also apply to specific B2B products that also include digital wireless phone capability? I am asking this group

RE: FCC testing approved transmitter module in host product

2008-11-17 Thread Pickard, Ron
Hi Bob, If your product utilizes a detachable antenna, a dummy load may replace the antenna per ANSI C63.4 (13.1.3.1). The term “detachable” in this standard is not defined, so is left to interpretation. Technically speaking, if an antenna internally or externally connects to a transmitter via

RE: Deviation of Performance Criteria - other question.

2008-11-12 Thread Pickard, Ron
Piotr, Please also consult the EU's EMC Directive guidance document for further clarification, which can be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/electr_equipment/emc/guides/emcguide_may2 007.pdf As you have mentioned, your equipment is not a finished product and is not being put onto the mark