[PSES] WEEE Directive Compliance for Small Operators

2013-11-19 Thread Carl Newton
Group, I'm working with a startup that will import ITE into the EU. They market entirely via the internet so they have no distribution there. They've received a quote from one of the large well-known WEEED compliance organizations, but it exceeds 12K euros/year and they expect to sell less

Re: [PSES] Job Opening for EMC Engineer

2013-11-19 Thread CR
I suspect many of us came into EMC unconventionally. I certainly did. I walked into a job in EMC at Wang Labs after retiring from an Army career that had me in the Signal Corps and Transportation Corps in communications and repairing Avionics (also supervising and instructing). I had been

Re: [PSES] EN 50581 part/range of parts

2013-11-19 Thread Piotr Galka
Lauren and others, I have read (I believe carefully) this FAQ. From Q8.14 and Directive Article 7(g) I see that product identification can be batch number. For my understanding it is not unique identification called in Annex VI. But OK let it be, I don't care because my products have unique

[PSES] CPSC product recall

2013-11-19 Thread Peter Tarver
For those who don't subscribe to InCompliance magazine or track recalls through other methods, the below link is related to a US product recall of a relocateable power tap with surge protection. http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2014/Schneider-Electric-Recalls-APC-Surge-P rotectors/ Regards,

[PSES] lab for MS810 stuff

2013-11-19 Thread Brian Oconnell
Again, having trouble getting lab to respond and return correspondence. Need a site to do a small subset of MS810 shock/vibration, and a little thermal stuff as part of a regression. Must be in Southern California, prefer San Diego area. [A note to CABs and test labs - when you provide poor

[PSES] Equipment rack for GR1089 testing - does it have to be metal?

2013-11-19 Thread Neven Pischl
Hello All, Is there a formal requirement, by either Telcordia/NEBS or by the major telecom carriers that the equipment rack (i.e. not the cable rack) be metal, when testing radiated immunity per the GR1089? I understand it is the usual practice - I have only seen such tests with a metal

Re: [PSES] Equipment rack for GR1089 testing - does it have to be metal?

2013-11-19 Thread Mike Cantwell
Hi Nevin, The rack requirement is not in GR-1089. It is a supplemental Verizon document http://www.verizonnebs.com/TPRs/VZ-TPR-9305.pdf Regards, Mike From: Neven Pischl [mailto:neve...@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 7:07 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject:

Re: [PSES] Equipment rack for GR1089 testing - does it have to be metal?

2013-11-19 Thread Neven Pischl
Thanks Mike. I checked by searching the document for the words: metal, rack, frame, shelf - each separately - and can't find in the Verizon document any specification or requirement that the rack must be made out of metal (or not). ANy idea where it might be? Neven - Original Message