Douglas, You are missing nothing. If your product is 48 VDC it technically falls outside the scope of the LVD. However, you are still required to comply with the requirements of 92/59/EEC, on general product Safety. While not a New Approach Directive, and so carrying none of the CE Marking requirements, this Directive, in full force in the EU currently (unless I am mistaken, and feel free to correct me on this) requires that "Producers shall be obliged to place only safe products on the market." (Article 3). Essentially, according to Article 1 of this Directive, it covers all products outside the scope of other Directives. Fortunately, it describes the requirements for evidence of safety in terms as ambiguous and user- friendly as the LVD and its CE Marking relatives. Check the web for a copy.
Rick Towner ---------- From: Douglas McKean To: treg Subject: Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC) List-Post: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, November 10, 1998 6:36PM The Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC) applies to equipment that operates from supply voltages of 50-1000Vac or 75-1500Vdc. Does this mean that strictly according to the standard *in and of itself*, that is according to 73/23/EEC by itself, safety testing need NOT be applied to ANY piece of equipment that operates from 48vdc in a Central Office? Specifically, say a piece of equipment in the rack that does not touch the E1 line? What am I missing here ...
