Re: LED's and laser safety?

2002-10-28 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Richard Hughes rehug...@nortelnetworks.com wrote (in 6b78f2524cd7d5118a0402204840075b02795...@zhard0jc.europe.nort el.com) about 'LED's and laser safety?' on Mon, 28 Oct 2002: If I said that the LVD was 'new approach' then you or someone else would feel

RE: LED's and laser safety?

2002-10-28 Thread Richard Hughes
: 28 October 2002 12:08 To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: LED's and laser safety? I read in !emc-pstc that Richard Hughes rehug...@nortelnetworks.com wrote (in 6b78f2524cd7d5118a0402204840075b02795...@zhard0jc.europe.nort el.com) about 'LED's and laser safety?' on Mon, 28 Oct 2002

Re: LED's and laser safety?

2002-10-28 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Richard Hughes rehug...@nortelnetworks.com wrote (in 6b78f2524cd7d5118a0402204840075b02795...@zhard0jc.europe.nort el.com) about 'LED's and laser safety?' on Mon, 28 Oct 2002: A product carries a CE marking to show that it complies with the national

RE: LED's and laser safety?

2002-10-28 Thread Richard Hughes
:40 To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Re: LED's and laser safety? I think the confusion came from the different types of lasers, which I did not provide any differentiation. I was speaking about non-focused LEDs that are on display panels, not LEDs that are considered Class I lasers. All LEDs

Re: LED's and laser safety?

2002-10-27 Thread Warren Birmingham
: Friday, October 11, 2002 6:06 PM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Re: LED's and laser safety? Gary, I was recently in conversation with UL about LEDs whereas I am now being told that UL has convinced the European counterparts that LEDs are no longer considered Class I Lasers and the requirements

RE: LED's and laser safety?

2002-10-15 Thread Richard Hughes
- From: Warren Birmingham [mailto:war...@comfortjets.com] Sent: 11 October 2002 23:06 To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Re: LED's and laser safety? Gary, I was recently in conversation with UL about LEDs whereas I am now being told that UL has convinced the European counterparts that LEDs

Re: LED's and laser safety?

2002-10-14 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that richwo...@tycoint.com wrote (in 846BF526A205F8 4BA2B6045BBF7E9A6A04675859@flbocexu05) about 'LED's and laser safety?' on Mon, 14 Oct 2002: I sure would love to hear that argument. Just get a time machine and go back to the meeting of the IEC TC85 working group

RE: LED's and laser safety?

2002-10-14 Thread richwoods
I sure would love to hear that argument. Richard Woods Sensormatic Electronics Tyco International -Original Message- From: Warren Birmingham [mailto:war...@comfortjets.com] Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 6:06 PM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Re: LED's and laser safety? Gary, I

Re: LED's and laser safety?

2002-10-11 Thread Warren Birmingham
Gary, I was recently in conversation with UL about LEDs whereas I am now being told that UL has convinced the European counterparts that LEDs are no longer considered Class I Lasers and the requirements for them to be tested as such has been dropped. UL no longer treats them that way in

RE: LED's and laser safety?

2002-10-11 Thread Richard Hughes
-PSTC (E-mail) Subject: RE: LED's and laser safety? Gary - IEC60825-1 uses units of energy, energy/unit area, power and power/unit area (regardless of any special names associated with them) rather than candela or lumens, which are typical for simple LEDs. You'd need some formula to convert

RE: LED's and laser safety?

2002-10-10 Thread Peter L. Tarver
Gary - IEC60825-1 uses units of energy, energy/unit area, power and power/unit area (regardless of any special names associated with them) rather than candela or lumens, which are typical for simple LEDs. You'd need some formula to convert the units to those compatible with IEC60825-1. However,

RE: LED's and laser safety?

2002-10-10 Thread richwoods
, 2002 11:53 AM To: EMC-PSTC (E-mail) Subject: LED's and laser safety? IEC-825 has incorporated LED's into the safety standard but, from what I can tell, left a great deal of confusion. I typically deal with the 5 - 10 mcd devices and haven't been required to provide any IEC-825

LED's and laser safety?

2002-10-10 Thread Gary McInturff
IEC-825 has incorporated LED's into the safety standard but, from what I can tell, left a great deal of confusion. I typically deal with the 5 - 10 mcd devices and haven't been required to provide any IEC-825 conformity proof for the Western European test house. We may be