Here is a short piece from our current newsletter, the BroadBand. Hope it helps. --------- The announcement that EN50082-1 (97) will be active on March 1st, 1997 finally came. There are a few surprises, such as the inclusion of Surge requirements, which had been contested by many manufacturers. Here is the summary of changes: Old 801 series tests will be replaced with the EN61000 series tests. Power Frequency Magnetic Fields (EN61000-4-8) is required. Radiated Immunity: 900 MHz Radio Frequency Keyed Carrier, (ENV50204) is required. Surge (EN61000-4-5) is required if applicable. Voltage Dips, Variations and Short Interruptions (EN61000-4-11) is required. Conducted Immunity changes from ENV50141 to EN61000-4-6. Radiated Susceptibility (EN61000-4-3) changed to 26 MHz to 1 GHz.
Commercial, residential and light industrial products tested after March 1, 1998 will be required to test to the new EN50082-1 (1997). Products that tested to the old standard, EN50082-1 (1992), before March 1, 1998, can remain on the market until January 1, 2001. However, a member country can adopt the new standar before January 1, 2001 and require the manufacture to re-test. Additionally, any product which needs to be re-tested after March 1, 1998 should be tested to the new standard. After January 1, 2001, all commercial, residential, light industrial products sold in the EU will have to comply with EN50082-1 (1997). Unless a product has a very short life span, we recommend that all affected products being tested from this time forward be certified to the new immunity standards. Todd Robinson CKC Laboratories, Inc. Web: www.ckc.com E-mail: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Richard Cass [SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 03, 1997 6:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: EN50082-1 Greetings, Maybe this has been discussed before and I missed it but I would like to know when the Second Edition of the Generic Immunity Standard EN50082-1 will be released and when it becomes effective. The bottom line question is when we will have to start testing to the new EN61000-4-2,-3,-4,-5,-6,-8,-11 (vs.IEC-801-...) and ENV50204? This is for light industrial ITE products. I need to know how this applies to two different situations. One situation is a re-test in a few months of a currently compliant ITE product that is being upgraded. The upgrade is accomplished with some new electronics (existing CE machines at customer sites will be field upgradeable). The other situation is for new products currently in development which will be ready for test early next year. This EMC neophyte thanks everyone in advance for their help. Regards, Richard Cass Reliability Engineering Manager Iris Graphics, Inc. Bedford, MA USA
