Two quick(ish) comments: 1. Do not confuse standards with legislation. Where applicable (i.e., check the scope), compliance with national laws that implement EU directives is mandatory - compliance with standards typically is not (at least in Europe). Equally, standards can be applied irrespective of whether there is legislation or not. The fact that reference to certain standards has been published in the OJEU does not detract from their voluntary nature. The OJEU may contain a list of standards, compliance with which carries a presumption of compliance with the Essential Requirements (or, in the case of the LVD, the Safety Objectives) of a particular directive: this does not imply that the scope of the directive must match exactly with the scope of the standard, the two can overlap.
2. In Europe we use European standards in preference to International ones in the same way that the North Americans prefer UL and CSA standards to their International counterparts. Do not therefore consider IEC 1010 but rather EN 61010 (or maybe EN 50178 as suggested by Doug Powell - you'll need to check those scopes again). Regards, Richard Hughes At 13:50 04/02/98 -0500, you wrote: >This one's more appropriate for the EMC-PSTC List :) -JDC. > > >From: "D. E. Smith" <[email protected]> >Subject: Outside the LV Directive Range > > > What do you do it your product has a working voltage outside the LVD >range? While the LVD has a range of 50 to 1000 volts DC or 75 to 1500 >volts AC a product like a high voltage test probe may not fall into >this range because they measure voltages from 6 to 40 KV. What >happens if someone would use one of these probes to test a circuit >that falls within the LVD? Can we test to IEC 1010 Category III and >if it passes can we claim compliance? > > RCIC - http://www.rcic.com > Regulatory Compliance Information Center > > > >
