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Gordon Henderson wrote: > On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Rob Beard wrote: > >> Gordon Henderson wrote: >>> Anyone here know anything about CE marking which would appear to >>> apply to >>> anyone building PCs from compoments then selling them on... >>> >>> Even (AIUI) taking a standard PC, putting a PCI card in it, then >>> selling >>> it on would need to re-CE the unit as a whole. It seems bonkers, but >>> there >>> you go. >>> >> Ahh I remember this from years back, about 1996 when it was first >> introduced. I think technically to mark something as CE approved the >> manufacturer of the PC (basically the PC builder) has to as you say send >> the machine away for certficiation. >> >> I'd be surprised that many system builders do this though, as you say if >> someone adds a PCI card to a PC (say for instance PC World if they are >> adding something to a PC before a customer purchases it) then I doubt >> they'd send it off for approval. >> >> IIRC the company I worked for when this all came about found that as >> long as they used only CE approved components they would be okay. I've >> not heard of anyone being caught out by doing this, and considering how >> many different components are out there and how many combinations you >> (or a customer) could come up with, I wouldn't think it would be cost >> effective to send a PC away every time to get certified on each >> variation of components. > > It's 3 months in jail and a £5000 fine if you get caught. > Ouch! > Been reading, etc. going to get in-touch with a business-link adviser. > Basically it's going to cost me about £600 for an EM emissions check > and about £1000 in total to get a conslutant to do the paperwork, > although I think I can self-certify, but who knows. > > An irksome bother. > > Gordon I'd be interested to know what the outcome is. I like the idea of self-certification. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html