[PSES] Certification of Unique Equipment

2014-12-14 Thread Rick Busche
It is always my desire to provide products that are CE Marked for Europe and NRTL listed for North America. That said, I continue to find products delivered for our own production environment that carry no safety marking that I can identify. I have discussed this concern with other engineers

Re: [PSES] Certification of Unique Equipment

2014-12-14 Thread Brian Oconnell
A simple generic answer would not be practical for most cases. Depends on intended end user and intended end use. For EMC, see 47CFR, Ch I, Subch A, Pt2, Subpt K (specifically ยง2.1204)for import of stuff. For U.S. safety of products in the workplace, see 29CFR1910. Many, perhaps most, design

[PSES] Brick power supplies and test errors (two topics)

2014-12-14 Thread Doug Smith
Hi All, A number of you have attended my web presentation on ESD/EFT internally generated in system power supplies. As little as 500 V of applied ESD or EFT is able to break down the supply in both polarities for only one applied polarity. I have posted on this

Re: [PSES] Brick power supplies and test errors (two topics)

2014-12-14 Thread Arthur Michael
Re Trust but verify: President Ronald Reagan was using an old Russian proverb, in speaking to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev about an arms control treaty . Although it was a very old adage, Reagan quoted the phrase in Russian to Gorbachev, to underline his meaning. In spoken Russian, the

Re: [PSES] Certification of Unique Equipment

2014-12-14 Thread Nyffenegger, Dave
In my research I have found only OSHA covers safety compliance regulations nationally in the US. And OSHA enforces their regulations on the employer not the manufacturer. Of course FCC requires compliance for EMC in the US but that can be self-certified. OSHA 29CFR1910 defines many things

Re: [PSES] Brick power supplies and test errors (two topics)

2014-12-14 Thread Nyffenegger, Dave
Trust but verify., wasn't that the same guy who tried to teach morals to a chimp in Bedtime for Bonzo? -Dave From: Doug Smith [mailto:d...@emcesd.com] Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2014 6:49 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: [PSES] Brick power supplies and test errors (two topics) Hi All,

Re: [PSES] Certification of Unique Equipment

2014-12-14 Thread Kevin Robinson
Hi Rick, I work in the office that administer's OSHA's NRTL Program, so my answer will be focused exclusively on product safety of equipment intended for use in a U.S. workplace. OSHA only has regulatory authority over employers, so from OSHA's perspective, you as an equipment manufacturer have