Re: Servicing and Repairs

1999-12-24 Thread Matthew Meehan
Brian, You can provide maintenance and servicing info to your customer. Just be sure your manuals are in order. To write a any kind of manual, a clear definition audience is necessary. In your case, you are considering the training and knowledge of the average laboratory user - about the

Re: Servicing and repairs

1999-12-22 Thread Brian Kunde at LECO
Hi Brian Harlowe, I'm not aware of a EU Legislation that says a company can't service or maintain purchased equipment. Our company is in the same situation as you are: we manufacture laboratory equipment and sell it world wide. We also test our products to EN61010 which is not as strict in these

RE: Servicing and Repairs

1999-12-22 Thread John Allen
Brian Your comments also make interesting reading. Unfortunately I don't have time to comment in detail as I am finishing for XMAS in about 2 hrs! However, in respect of your issue about access of untrained people to potentially dangerous situation should be prevented by appropriate

RE: Servicing and repairs

1999-12-22 Thread John Allen
Hi folks Brian raises an interesting issue - but I would be grateful if he or someone else can identify the EU legislation to which he refers. His comments are particularly to companies like ours who supply mainly to a military market which almost demands to do its own servicing because it

Re: Servicing and repairs

1999-12-21 Thread Ralph Cameron
Brian: As a comment I would say that the liability to meet EU approval ends when the product is sold and ownership is transferred. That's the way it happens with consumer goods in Canada, in spite of the fact there is CSA approval required on the original product. Compliments of the Season