Regulation 607 query

[Lurch]

On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 19:34:54 -0000, "Trevor Smith" strung together this:

I got it in a council spec once and gave up trying to convince them of the correct interpretation of the regs.

[Lurch]

On 8 Jan 2005 00:51:25 -0800, [e-mail] strung together this:

Apparantly so.

[N. Thornton]

No it does not, it indicates that the manufacturer _claims_ it meets class II requirements. Nothing more. While much kit really does conform, IME much does not. Switchers normally do, home stereos mostly dont.

It is possible that the original designs do conform, but that during production they then decide to leave out some unnecessary bits.

NT

[Andy Wade]

Fwom?

Yes, OK.

What evidence do you have to support that? If you know of non-compliant equipment on retail sale your local Trading Standards office will be very interested in hearing about it.

[Andrew Chesters]

Don't froget that an air gap is acceptable as basic insulation, with certain constraints as to clearance and creapage distances.

[Mike]

I'm afraid they won't. Almost every power amplifier for stage use (think < JBL/Crown) fails on this point. Don't know about high end home amplifiers but wouldn't be surprised to find the same thing.

[Ed Sirett]

There are plenty of 4-way socket strips that I greatly suspect of only claiming BS1363 and CE compliances.

[N. Thornton]

meets

Experience of having worked on the stuff.

Theres lots of it, ask anyone that knows the standards and gets to play with the stuff. Been that way for a long time now, so I'd be rather surprised if it was news to trading standards.

NT

[Mike]

There are lots of things claiming CE compliance that wouldn't stand a hope of passing any test applied to them - from children's fluffy toys to men's not so fluffy ones.

And apparently they're extending this scheme to building materials :-(