Re: What does the CE mark mean for EMC

2004-05-03 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
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Career Ops page updated

2004-05-03 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
To all interested parties: The Career Ops page on the RMCEMC website has been updated. Please link to http://www.ieee.org/rmcemc and click on the Career Opportunities link. Regards Charles Grasso Chair RMCEMC This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pst

RE: WEEE Directive - Electrolytic caps

2004-05-03 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Sylvia, The WEEE directive states (Annex II, Point 1, last bullet): "electrolyte capacitors containing substances of concern (height > 25mm, Diameter > 25mm or proportionately similar volume)" A rod 25mm high and 25 mm in diameter has a volume of 12.3 um^3. Since converting to cubic mm

Re: What does the CE mark mean for EMC

2004-05-03 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Ken, Contact the manufacturer (or distributor/dealer, etc.) and ask for a Declaration of Conformity. Or try the company web site. Scott Douglas, NCE sdoug...@ptcnh.net Ken Javor wrote: >From the responses I am getting, I was not clear in my original query. If I have bought, or wish to buy

RE: WEEE Directive

2004-05-03 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Hello, I saved an old email below regarding electrolytic capacitors. Could someone elaborate on what is the specified volume of substances to be of concern within the electrolytic capacitors? I tried using the link provided below and couldn't found what I need. Looking forward to your prompt

RE: What does the CE mark mean for EMC

2004-05-03 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Hey Ken - All you should need is a copy of the DoC. Best Regards Charles Grasso Senior Compliance Engineer Echostar Communications Corp. Tel: 303-706-5467 Fax: 303-799-6222 Cell: 303-204-2974 Email: charles.gra...@echostar.com; Email Alternate: chasgra...@ieee.org From: Ken Javor [mailto:k

Re: What does the CE mark mean for EMC

2004-05-03 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Hi Ken, IMHO, you should contact the manufacturer of that product and ask for a copy of the Declaration of Conformity (DofC) that was current for that product at the time of manufacture. That is if you're lucky enough to contact someone at the manufacturer that knows what a DofC is. Best regard

Opening: Product Safety Manager

2004-05-03 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
I was asked by Dell to post this. I also had a head hunter contact me about it today. If you would like to work through a head hunter send me a note and I will forward the head hunter information. Otherwise follow the Dell link information. Product Safety Manager Dell Requisition 0129408htt

Re: What does the CE mark mean for EMC

2004-05-03 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Ken, This information should be on the mfr's Declaration of Conformity for the product. best regards Tom At 2:16 PM -0500 5/3/04, Ken Javor wrote: > >From the responses I am getting, I was not clear in my original query. > >If I have bought, or wish to buy a product with a CE mark applied, h

Re: What does the CE mark mean for EMC

2004-05-03 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 02:16:51PM -0500, Ken Javor wrote: > > >From the responses I am getting, I was not clear in my original query. > > If I have bought, or wish to buy a product with a CE mark applied, how can I > find out what EMC requirements it met? In the manual should be a page signed

Re: What does the CE mark mean for EMC

2004-05-03 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
I read in !emc-pstc that Ken Javor wrote (in ) about 'What does the CE mark mean for EMC' on Mon, 3 May 2004: >If I have bought, or wish to buy a product with a CE mark applied, how can I >find out what EMC requirements it met? If the vendor really wants to sell it to you, he/she/it will tell y

Re: You've just got to see this!

2004-05-03 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
I was thinking of emailing this lady to let her know that in New England we put cell phone towers in Church steeples Larry K. Stillings

Re: What does the CE mark mean for EMC

2004-05-03 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Ken What does it mean? "Not to put too fine a point on it", what the EU Commission wants it to mean (i.e. more or less what is stated on a properly prepared DoC for a product as a manufacturer's declaration that it meets the CE markings directives which apply to it ), and what various parts indu

Re: What does the CE mark mean for EMC

2004-05-03 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Ken, Strictly speaking it is not necessary to meet any standards to fit the CE Marking to a product. If a manufacturer chooses to use Harmonised Standards then one would hope that the manufacture will read and apply the scope of the standard. Other than that, you could always ask the manufactur

Re: What does the CE mark mean for EMC

2004-05-03 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
>From the responses I am getting, I was not clear in my original query. If I have bought, or wish to buy a product with a CE mark applied, how can I find out what EMC requirements it met? > From: Ken Javor > Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 12:30:38 -0500 > To: > Subject: What does the CE mark mean for

RE: You've just got to see this!

2004-05-03 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Chris - ROTFL Best Regards Charles Grasso Senior Compliance Engineer Echostar Communications Corp. Tel: 303-706-5467 Fax: 303-799-6222 Cell: 303-204-2974 Email: charles.gra...@echostar.com; Email Alternate: chasgra...@ieee.org From: Chris

Re: Average Vs. Average

2004-05-03 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
You too can ask the FCC... http://www.fcc.gov/oet/contact/ In checking the org. chart, I would guess that the question would end up on the desk of Raymond Laforge. ps. and they do answer. "Aschenberg, Mat" wrote: Greetings: As many of you know, the FCC changed the conducted emissions limit

What does the CE mark mean for EMC

2004-05-03 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Where can I find a site that tells me what the CE sticker means for EMC for different kinds of products? In particular I am interested in whether EN61000-4-6 and EN61000-4-3 were required, and to what level. Thank you. Ken Javor This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Techni

Average Vs. Average

2004-05-03 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Greetings: As many of you know, the FCC changed the conducted emissions limits to align with the CISPR limits. The new limits include a Quasi-Peak and an Average limit. When they changed to the new limits, did the FCC corresponding align the Average Detector with CISPR 16? Mat Thanks, Mat

Machinery Directive, 98/37/EC: New List of Harmonized Standards (and others)

2004-05-03 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
There is also a new list of Harmonized Standards for the Machinery Directive, 98/37/EC (OJ, 20-Apr-2004). Also, for anyone who does "construction products" - fire alarms, sprinklers, etc., there's a new list for 89/106. Ditto for 2001-95-EC, General Product Safety. Reference list of directiv

Re: EN 61000-3-2

2004-05-03 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
I read in !emc-pstc that jim.hulb...@pb.com wrote (in ) about 'EN 61000-3-2' on Mon, 3 May 2004: >John, are you sure? Well, yes, in one way I'm sure, because that's the real issue involved in practice, but I agree it's not what the standard says. The 75 W lower bound applied specifically in th

RE: Sun's Opteron leaks?

2004-05-03 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
> From: Bill Flanigan > Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 6:20 AM > > http://www.theregister.com/2004/04/30/sun_opteron_delays/ >From first hand experience, aside from the quoted bits, the article is all wet. Regards, Peter L. Tarver, PE ptar...@ieee.org This message is from the IEEE EMC Societ

RE: Sun's Opteron leaks?

2004-05-03 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
This reminds me of a recent product recall by Black and Decker. They had a rechargeable cordless drill with a trade name of "FireStorm". The name was prophetic, as they had to be recalled due to the battery charger occasionally catching on fire. Chris Maxwell Design Engineer Nettest Utica, NY

RE: You've just got to see this!

2004-05-03 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
You are a very asute person! Dogs are very effective at warding off the mind control of the NWO. My dogs are German Shepards, which are considered by many to be the best at “Tower Busting” and “Chem Trail Busting”. The ELF mind control signals have nodes and antinodes, much like a standing wave.

RE: Sun's Opteron leaks?

2004-05-03 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
The article says EMC, but this sounds a lot like safety to me. Not a good problem to have for a product called "Fire": "Sun's v20z system with the Opteron Model 248 processor apparently runs too hot to meet some regional regulations ..." "The Sun Fire V20z server *is* available with Solaris x86

Re: EN 61000-3-2

2004-05-03 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. John, are you sure? I'm looking at 7.0 of EN 61000-3-2:2000 and it states: "For the following categories of equipment limits are not specified in this edition of the standard. NOTE 1: Limits may be defined in a future amendment or revision of the stand

Sun's Opteron leaks?

2004-05-03 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
http://www.theregister.com/2004/04/30/sun_opteron_delays/ ...regional regulations...? What about harmonization? ...EMEA...? What's that? This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/

RTTE Directive: New List Harmonised Standards

2004-05-03 Thread owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Hello group, Prior to more important things that happened last weekend, the Commission has published last Friday a new list with HS for the RTTE Directive in the OJ: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2004/c_104/c_10420040430en0022005 7.pdf One new standard included now is EN301893 on 5G