RE: Lithium battery coin cell shipping restrictions

2009-01-13 Thread Barker, Neil
Lauren Here it is, http://www.tadiranbatteries.de/eng/downloads/. As you will see, it is the German website that has the information, but don't worry, it is a multilingual website. Be careful, because the regulations changed effective Jan 1st, so you may still see some incorrect information

Requirements in Ghana

2009-01-13 Thread Anders Svensson B
Dear experts, Anyone who knows the requirements for Ghana for EMC, Product Safety, SAR, Radio, environmental etc. The product have WLAN 802-11 b/g and GSM 850/900/1800/1900 bands and UMTS band FDDI/II and V functionality. All input is welcome! Best regards Anders - This message is

First EUP Regulation implementation regarding standby power

2009-01-13 Thread James, Chris
http://tinyurl.com/6tkth3 Entered into force 7/1/09 If the interpretation of Annex I (3) (below) is the same as RoHS where consumer covered B2B professional products also then we have another party to go to... :-( 3. Consumer equipment Radio sets Television sets

RE: Electrical product recall

2009-01-13 Thread Scott Xe
John, My primary concern is for Europe. It seems US has lots of information/guidelines. Scott From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of John Woodgate Sent: 2009年1月13日 01:20 AM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Re: Electrical product recall In message

Re: Electrical product recall

2009-01-13 Thread John Woodgate
In message 496c8c92.09876e0a.1d10.7...@mx.google.com, dated Tue, 13 Jan 2009, Scott Xe scott...@gmail.com writes: My primary concern is for Europe. It seems US has lots of information/guidelines. People have already posted details of the European system. Do you need any further information?

Re: First EUP Regulation implementation regarding standby power

2009-01-13 Thread John Woodgate
In message f49bf8e684bc6c4188d1d63513c4ca07068a9...@sparrow.dolby.net, dated Tue, 13 Jan 2009, James, Chris c...@dolby.co.uk writes: If the interpretation of Annex I (3) (below) is the same as RoHS where consumer covered B2B professional products also then we have another party to go

RE: Electrical product recall

2009-01-13 Thread Scott Xe
Nick, Many thanks for your useful information for European markets. Scott From: Nick Williams [mailto:nick.willi...@conformance.co.uk] Sent: 2009?~1??13?? 03:06 AM To: Scott Xe Cc: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Re: Electrical product recall There is information at the following sites which will

RE: Electrical product recall

2009-01-13 Thread Scott Xe
Hi Ron, Thanks for your useful information and helpful guidance. What is a compliance engineer? Is it responsible for ensuring the products in compliance with all legal requirements? Scott From: Pickard, Ron [mailto:ron.pick...@intermec.com] Sent: 2009年1月13日 03:54 AM To: Nick

RE: Electrical product recall

2009-01-13 Thread Scott Xe
Ted Brian, Thanks for good information. Scott From: Ted Eckert [mailto:ted.eck...@microsoft.com] Sent: 2009年1月13日 01:09 AM To: Scott Xe; EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: RE: Electrical product recall Hello Scott, The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has guidance on

RE: Electrical product recall

2009-01-13 Thread Scott Xe
John, I have received the useful information and guidelines from Rapex for Europe CPSC for USA for my start and appreciate all the responses from the group. Scott From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of John Woodgate Sent: 2009?~1??13?? 09:00 PM To: emc-p...@ieee.org

Re: Electrical product recall

2009-01-13 Thread John Woodgate
In message 496c9a27.04686e0a.0f20.b...@mx.google.com, dated Tue, 13 Jan 2009, Scott Xe scott...@gmail.com writes: What is a compliance engineer?  Is it responsible for ensuring the products in compliance with all legal requirements? Most probably, although a compliance engineer and a

RE: Electrical product recall request

2009-01-13 Thread Pickard, Ron
Scott et al, To answer your question, typical of the case that most, if not all, of the subscribers of this forum can attest, electronic products are subject to government and industry regulations concerning product safety, electromagnetic noise radiation/immunity and wireless/wired

RE: First EUP Regulation implementation regarding standby power

2009-01-13 Thread Brian O'Connell
Annex V From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org]On Behalf Of James, Chris Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 4:35 AM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: First EUP Regulation implementation regarding standby power http://tinyurl.com/6tkth3 = Chris - This message is from the IEEE

[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

RE: Electrical product recall request

2009-01-13 Thread Price, Edward
From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of Pickard, Ron Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 6:56 AM To: Scott Xe Cc: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: RE: Electrical product recall request

MTBF calculation HALT method versus MIL HDBK 217 method

2009-01-13 Thread Kbalasubramanian
Dear Experts, Is it possible to do accelerated life testing and calculate MTBF through that? Are there any labs offering this service? What will be correlation between MIL HDBK 217 method of MTBF calculation and HALT method? Which one will be reliable and reasonable? Sincerely       

Re: First EUP Regulation implementation regarding standby power

2009-01-13 Thread Lauren_Crane
What I find troubling in this new reg is the last line of the definition for equipment in scope..(ref art 2.1) also when marketed for non-household or non-office use; This seems to create some ambiguity with regard to the question of does this regulation apply to consumer-type equipment that

Re: Electrical product recall request

2009-01-13 Thread John Woodgate
In message 9d04b979323dcd428297dda95108893e0120c...@bb-corp-ex2.corp.cubic.cub, dated Tue, 13 Jan 2009, Price, Edward ed.pr...@cubic.com writes: In companies where there is a specifically designated Compliance Engineer, what do you see as the trend in the depth of knowledge of such an

Re: First EUP Regulation implementation regarding standby power

2009-01-13 Thread John Woodgate
In message 001801c97593$6e3291e0$d600a...@tamuracorp.com, dated Tue, 13 Jan 2009, Brian O'Connell oconne...@tamuracorp.com writes: Annex V What Annex V? -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk Things can always get better. But that's not the only option.

RE: First EUP Regulation implementation regarding standby power

2009-01-13 Thread James, Chris
Lauren, I have subsequently been in contact with DEFRA the UK body overseeing EuP and whilst they cannot offer a legal binding opinion their representative has offered this: “During discussions it was also made clear that it was not the intention of this measure to capture professional

Re: First EUP Regulation implementation regarding standby power

2009-01-13 Thread John Woodgate
In message of08f7b138.78ed5165-on8625753d.00566e0d-8625753d.0056c...@amat.com, dated Tue, 13 Jan 2009, lauren_cr...@amat.com writes: This seems to create some ambiguity with regard to the question of does this regulation apply to consumer-type equipment that happens to be integrated as a

RE: First EUP Regulation implementation regarding standby power

2009-01-13 Thread Kunde, Brian
This reminds of a situation that occurred many years ago where the US Air Force had a contract with a computer company to supply then with hundred of thousands of PCs. Because they were to be used by the military, they only had to meet the FCC Class A emissions requirements. The problem was that

Re: First EUP Regulation implementation regarding standby power

2009-01-13 Thread John Woodgate
In message 0ed66cd2c9bd0a459d54fb9119a60567d55...@mailserver.lecotc.com, dated Tue, 13 Jan 2009, Kunde, Brian brian_ku...@lecotc.com writes: So, it would be difficult to identify something as professional when the definition of the type of devices used in a home is constantly changing.

Predicting the Future - Re: First EUP Regulation implementation regarding standby power

2009-01-13 Thread Lauren_Crane
Predicting the future is not now allowed in Europe, because of the lead content of the crystal balls is far in excess of RoHS limits. Thanks for that, John. You've just made my day bearable. Regards, Lauren - external use - Save paper and trees! Please consider the environment before

RE: First EUP Regulation implementation regarding standby power

2009-01-13 Thread Gert Gremmen
The distinction was made, IMHO, as consumer products are more likely to be produced in large numbers, so The impact of the regulation will be larger. I believe *your* focus should be directed towards: can my design be used in such amounts that a considerable amount of otherwise spoiled energy

RE: First EUP Regulation implementation regarding standby power

2009-01-13 Thread Jim Hulbert
Article 4 refers to the management system set out in Annex V. Jim Hulbert Pitney Bowes From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of John Woodgate Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 10:54 AM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Re: First EUP Regulation implementation regarding standby

Re: First EUP Regulation implementation regarding standby power

2009-01-13 Thread John Woodgate
In message 72b8947772cf0948adaa9853631663fb28537c8...@pbi-namsg-02.mgdpbi.global.pv t, dated Tue, 13 Jan 2009, Jim Hulbert jim.hulb...@pb.com writes: Article 4 refers to the management system set out in Annex V. I don't see any problem. Article 4 says: The procedure for assessing conformity

RE: First EUP Regulation implementation regarding standby power

2009-01-13 Thread Brian O'Connell
So the document called COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1275/2008 of 17 December 2008 is not the EuP Directive but references it, and is intended to revise the EuP Directive ? And the document called DIRECTIVE 2005/32/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL is the EuP, and contains the

Anechoic Chamber: Pass-through vs. Bulkhead

2009-01-13 Thread cmanderson
EMC Gurus, We have a Space Saver chamber that we bought used and installed ourselves. When we installed it, we ran our antenna (signal) cabling through a pass-through along with our fiber optics. Today, someone mentioned that we ought to have at least our antenna cable connected through a

Re: First EUP Regulation implementation regarding standby power

2009-01-13 Thread John Woodgate
In message 003801c975c4$ff12c5f0$d600a...@tamuracorp.com, dated Tue, 13 Jan 2009, Brian O'Connell oconne...@tamuracorp.com writes: So the document called COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1275/2008 of 17 December 2008 is not the EuP Directive but references it, Yes. and is intended to revise

Re: Anechoic Chamber: Pass-through vs. Bulkhead

2009-01-13 Thread John Woodgate
In message 44724788633d3042a64174bea5c59f3004bc2...@ntxboimbx21.micron.com, dated Tue, 13 Jan 2009, cmander...@micron.com writes: Today, someone mentioned that we ought to have at least our antenna cable connected through a bulkhead so that the cable shielding was terminated on the chamber. 

Re: Anechoic Chamber: Pass-through vs. Bulkhead

2009-01-13 Thread Ken Javor
Any metal conductor penetrating the test chamber enclosure must be filtered or grounded in order to avoid polluting the test chamber ambient. With coax, you use a grounded feedthrough connector to achieve that. Failing that, you can use a stuffing tube type feedthrough, but you must peal back the

RE: MTBF calculation HALT method versus MIL HDBK 217 method

2009-01-13 Thread Brian O'Connell
HALT has no veracity for MTBF; but use of the process can effect MTBF calculations where the standard is other than MH217. From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org]On Behalf Of kbalasubraman...@scmmicro.co.in Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 7:42 AM To: emc-p...@ieee.org;

RE: Anechoic Chamber: Pass-through vs. Bulkhead

2009-01-13 Thread Price, Edward
From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of cmander...@micron.com Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 1:50 PM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Anechoic Chamber: Pass-through vs. Bulkhead