Argentina Safety Requirements

1999-11-10 Thread WOODS
Here is some additional information about INTI. Internet http://www.inti.gov.ar http://www.inti.gov.ar E-mail pr...@inti.gov.ar mailto:pr...@inti.gov.ar The site is in Spanish; however, you can use the online translator at http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/

RE: Finding Directives

1999-11-10 Thread John Allen
Richard According to the EUR-LEX listing of the Directives and decisions, this documnet was published in OJ L 050 of 20.02.97 p.28, You can get copies of the OJ from various places including the UK Stationary Office - or you could even try the Technical Help to Exporters section of BSI.

RE: Finding Directives

1999-11-10 Thread Nick Williams
I have used the EUDOR site to download TIFF image files of OJ's I want on several occasions in recent months. These are scanned images of the original journal pages so they have the full text including any tables and figures. If one so chooses (and has the software) the files can then be

RE: Finding Directives

1999-11-10 Thread WOODS
For those in the USA, you can obtain directives by mail for free. Contact European Community Information Services at 212 371-3804. Richard Woods -- From: Nick Williams [SMTP:n...@conformance.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 6:16 AM To: John

Commission Decisions

1999-11-10 Thread WOODS
Must a member state transpose into national law a Commission Decision pursuant to a Directive? For example, Decision 97/129/EC establishes the identification system for packaging materials pursuant to Directive 94/62/EC on packaging waste. Article 4 says This Decision is addressed to the Member

RE: Manuals

1999-11-10 Thread Grant, Tania (Tania)
Ray, The flippant answer is,-- it depends how conservative your company's lawyers are and which partner is the heavy! From the safety agency's perspective, it depends on the product standard and on the agency, and even the individual evaluating engineer. It also depends whether the product

Re: EMC and Safety of equipment used in aircraft

1999-11-10 Thread Ken Javor
For commercial aircraft usage, the current revision of RTCA/DO-160 would be a natural place to start. -- From: duncan.ho...@snellwilcox.com To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: EMC and Safety of equipment used in aircraft Date: Wed, Nov 10, 1999, 7:14 AM Group, What safety

RE: EMC and Safety of equipment used in aircraft

1999-11-10 Thread Kehs, John
The current revision is RTCA/DO-160D, July 29, 1997. The phone number for RTCA publications is 202-833-9339, or vrobe...@rtca.org. -Original Message- From: Ken Javor [SMTP:ken.ja...@emccompliance.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 5:40 PM To: duncan.ho...@snellwilcox.com;

European Community Legislation Link

1999-11-10 Thread rbusche
Attached is a link to Eur-Lex which has a search for community legislation in force in Europe. Not sure if this is valuable or not, but thought some of you might want to be aware of it. I am IN NO WAY affiliated with this company, just merely providing an interesting link.

Re: Manuals

1999-11-10 Thread Richard Lanzillotto
I recommend you refer to the particular safety standard for your product, which likely has a section dedicated to manual requirements. -Original Message- From: Russell, Ray ray_russ...@gastmfg.com To: 'IEEE PSTC' emc-p...@ieee.org List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org Date: Wednesday,

Puerto Rico

1999-11-10 Thread Jody Leber
Does anyone know if Puerto Rico requires anything different than the US for telephone compliance? Best Regards, Jody Leber jle...@ustech-lab.com http://www.ustech-lab.com U. S. Technologies 3505 Francis Circle Alpharetta, GA 30004 770.740.0717 Fax: 770.740.1508 - This message is

Manuals

1999-11-10 Thread Russell, Ray
Greetings, In this day and age of trying to cover your butt, from liability (especially in the USA), I have found it interesting that the information in some User manuals are going to the extreme to warn the consumer, while other similar products have very few warnings. In addition, our

Solar Heating calculations

1999-11-10 Thread Arjen Dragt
I am looking for information on how to calculate the heating effects of the sun on a metal enclosure (large power supply). I am afraid that I have almost know knowledge in this area whatsoever. Does anybody know of good resources that would help? Regards, Arjen Dragt attachment: adragt.vcf

Re: EMC and Safety of equipment used in aircraft

1999-11-10 Thread Robert Macy
Take a look at Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA) Document No. DO-160B, Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment The copy I have is dated July 20, 1984 Wow time flies! The cover page is ISO 7137 if that's any help. Basically, RTCA/DO-160 is

RE: European Standards in conflict with the EMC directive

1999-11-10 Thread Rate, Simon
Dear Kevin, I used to work in the alarm industry, and in fact sat on the CENELEC TC developing EN50130-4 the EMC Immunity Standard For Components of Fire, Intruder and Social Alarm Systems. I believe your e mail may be referring to the product performance standards such as EN 54 for Fire Alarm

On-line Sources for Directives

1999-11-10 Thread WOODS
Gateways.doc Richard Woods Gateways.doc Description: MS-Word document

Off-line Sources for Directives

1999-11-10 Thread WOODS
SalesAgents.doc Richard Woods SalesAgents.doc Description: MS-Word document

RE: New standards -404 error

1999-11-10 Thread WOODS
This works for me: http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg03/directs/dg3b/newapproa/eurstd/harmstds/index. html http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg03/directs/dg3b/newapproa/eurstd/harmstds/ Richard Woods -- From: Ehler, Kyle [SMTP:kyle.eh...@lsil.com] Sent: Wednesday, November

Re: EMC and Safety of equipment used in aircraft

1999-11-10 Thread georgea
Something you may wish to consider. Some years ago the U.S. army and navy both contracted for similar helicopters, but to separate specs. The army version was the blackhawk, as I recall. The navy version was required to be far more immune to EMI, as the navy was well aware of EMI problems due

RE: New standards -404 error

1999-11-10 Thread Art Michael
Hi Kyle, The URL you referenced is incomplete. There is an easier way. Just visit the Safety Link www.safetylink.com Using your browser's Find tool -- search for the term Harmonized Standards -- and you will be taken directly to this link. Click on it and you're there (I just checked it

EMC and Safety of equipment used in aircraft

1999-11-10 Thread duncan . hobbs
Group, What safety and EMC standards would I have to consider for a piece of equipment initially intended for use in a TV studio, but that is requested to be able to be used in a helecopter or plane? I am also interested in what other requirements and standards there may be for shock and

IEC 320 Appliance Inlets

1999-11-10 Thread georgea
Does anyone know of an IEC 320 appliance inlet which has as its output connector, viz. the termination within the mechanical enclosure, a standard U.S. three wire female receptacle? Thanks for your help. Regards, George Alspaugh Product Safety Lexmark International Inc. - This

RE: New standards -404 error

1999-11-10 Thread Ehler, Kyle
This link: http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg03/directs/dg3b/newapproa/eurstd/harmstds/reflis http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg03/directs/dg3b/newapproa/eurstd/harmstds/refli s Produces a '404' for me. I get as far as http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg03/directs/dg3b/

IEEE-EMC CD-ROM -- Thanks to all

1999-11-10 Thread Martin Rowe (TMW)
Thanks to the 25 people who responded to my offer for a CD-ROM with the 1996-1999 EMC Syposium Proceedings. Unfortunately, I have only one copy. Several of you asked where to buy a copy. You might try the IEEE EMC Society web page, www.emcs.org, or Mira Digital Publishing, phone +1

Mexico NOM Certifications

1999-11-10 Thread georgea
The recent notes on this topic piqued my interest. The results are another testament to the power of the world-wide-web. I started with an old favorite: www.safetylink.com Then under Safety Articles, FAQs, MRAs, etc. I found the following listed website for Mexico's standards, maintained by

Mexico Safety Standards for ITE

1999-11-10 Thread georgea
I do not remember commenting on Mexico's stadards, as I know little of their standards or the cerrtification process. This is handled by our local marketing there. As I understand it, NOM is the certification agency, and NYCE is one of the authorized testing companies. It is my opinion that

Re: European Standards in conflict with the EMC directive

1999-11-10 Thread Jon D. Curtis
I suspect that given the group's proclivity to talk endlessly on almost any topic that the real reason that you got no response was that no one understood your question sufficiently to answer it. You obviously have an alarm system. You have some other EN standard which is in conflict with the

FW: ITE Standards (2)

1999-11-10 Thread WOODS
I understood that Mexico's standard was based upon the old UL 478. Has that changed? Richard Woods -- From: John Allen [SMTP:john.al...@rdel.co.uk] mailto:[SMTP:john.al...@rdel.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 3:45 AM To: 'wo...@sensormatic.com' Subject: RE: ITE Standards

RE: European Standards in conflict with the EMC directive

1999-11-10 Thread WOODS
I can understand your frustration Kevin. Consider how standards come to be. First the Commission gives a mandate to CENELEC to develop a standard in support of the essential requirements of a particular directive. The Commission monitors the development of the standard, so they have a strong

Re:RE: Power hazard on modular equipment

1999-11-10 Thread duncan . hobbs
Group, Thanks for your thoughts on this. The main problem is not the power supply as this derives its power from the backplane and so it is not powered up if removed. The main problem is the other slots where the cumulative power from all of the redundant power supplies is avaialable and this is

RE: New standards

1999-11-10 Thread Ing. Gert Gremmen
The European committee decided that implementation dates of new standards could not be given away to the opinion of private organizations such as IEC, ISO ETSI or CENELEC. The implementation dates in the standard itself are therefore invalid regarding to ce marking. The real date limit is

Re: European Standards in conflict with the EMC directive

1999-11-10 Thread Richard Lanzillotto
I recommend you contact the Technical committee at Cenelec responsible for authoring the standard to ascertain the reason for the clauses. They may shed some light on what you consider to be inconsistencies in the regulations. Rich Lanzillotto -Original Message- From: Kevin Harris

RE: European Standards in conflict with the EMC directive

1999-11-10 Thread Grant, Tania (Tania)
Kevin, I cannot believe that we are all cowards here. However, it may be that we are unfamiliar with your subject matter. I, for one, have never heard of the EMC standard EN50130-4, don't know if it falls under the new approach EMC Directive or not, and don't know what other EN standards it