Re: CE compliance testing in the UK
From: Ian Stirling (root_at_mauve.demon.co.uk)
Date: 02/01/05
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Date: 01 Feb 2005 20:35:53 GMT
John Woodgate <jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> wrote:
> I read in sci.electronics.design that Mike Harrison
> <mike@whitewing.co.uk> wrote (in <thftv05t86hjc43kbjehvratuu6n5atnfi@4ax
> .com>) about 'CE compliance testing in the UK', on Mon, 31 Jan 2005:
>
>>Remember that any lithium rechargeable is likely to contain at least
>>some electronics for pack protection, and maybe also charge
>>control/metering, and so could in principle be within the scope of the
>>EMC directive, although maybe it would be classed as a component and
>>outside the scope....
>
> That seems to be a very grey area. The OP didn't say whether there were
> any electronics involved. If there is, I'll ask a minor deity in the EMC
> world for an opinion. The battery by itself doesn't have the electronics
> energised, so my view is that the electronics is effectively part of the
> product in which the battery is installed to be charged.
In many cases this isn't true.
Especially with multi-cell batteries, it's usual for some part of the
electronics to be energised.
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