Thank you for the many replies on this topic, as usual this forum has come
up trumps. I managed to compose a memo that persuaded our people that
modification kits should only be supplied to suitably qualified
distributors.
Cheers
Chris Colgan
Compliance Engineer
TAG McLaren Audio Ltd
The Summit
I read in !emc-pstc that Allen, John
wrote (in <999c839e7e27d41185ec00d0b7473692024cd...@norway.int.rdel.co.u
k>) about 'product modifications by the end user', on Tue, 19 Mar 2002:
>John Allen
>Thales
>Bracknell
>(This is probably my last post on the forum as I will be leaving Thales
>tomorrow
ilto:robert_wil...@tirsys.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 12:16 PM
To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Subject: RE: product modifications by the end user
One "solution" that would soon get rid of the problem at its source,
would be to have the Marketing Moron do a few of the upgrades himself.
Wit
To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Subject: RE: product modifications by the end user
One "solution" that would soon get rid of the problem at its source,
would be to have the Marketing Moron do a few of the upgrades himself.
With any luck, he would find out firsthand the effects of
There may still be some EMC issues to address but safety compliance is not
impossible!
Bill Ellingford
-Original Message-
From: geor...@lexmark.com [mailto:geor...@lexmark.com]
Sent: 19 March 2002 14:26
To: Colgan, Chris
Cc: 'Emc-Pstc' (E-mail)
Subject: Re: product modificat
I read in !emc-pstc that Colgan, Chris
wrote (in ) about 'product
modifications by the end user', on Tue, 19 Mar 2002:
>Just say someone in your marketing department came up with the bright idea
>of selling upgrade kits to an unqualified, untrained end user that involved
>removing the top cover
One "solution" that would soon get rid of the problem at its source,
would be to have the Marketing Moron do a few of the upgrades himself.
With any luck, he would find out firsthand the effects of electrical
current flow through the human body. :)
Bob Wilson
TIR Systems Ltd.
Vancouver.
-Or
cc:
o.ieee.org Subject: RE: product
modifications by the end
Chris
I would be inclined to look at the General Product Safety Directive
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/1992/en_392L0059.html and the
Product Liability Directive
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/1999/en_399L0034.html
You would probably also have to look at "case law" which resu
The LVD has an essential requirement for the safety of the user from
electrical shock - see 1d, 2a and 2d of Annex 1. This essential requirement
is transposed into the user access requirements of EN 60065. Anytime the
user instructions instruct the user to open an electrical enclosure, the
design
Chris,
Every set of existing rules has an "intent", to be achieved by
following the "letter" of the rules. Personally, I always consider
meeting the intent far superior to meeting the letter of rules.
Example, the letter of the law says we must stop at stop signs before
proceeding. The intent
Chris,
I'm not sure about EN60065, but in EN60950 the user is always considered to be
unqualified personnel and therefore does not know what they are exposing
themselves to. If you invite a user to remove a cover from a unit (even if you
have told them to disconnect the mains) the whole of the
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