Re: Advert: Roombas in the UK - IN STOCK

["the_home_automator <db@xxxxxxx>" <db@xxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Mark McCall" <Mark@L...> wrote:
> Peter
> 
> Are you saying that only the transformer is CE approved?

Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as CE approved.  There is
no body who examines things and approves them (or otherwise), unlike 
for example the UL mark that stuff from the states hs.

There is a legal requirement for many types of goods "brought to 
market" within an EEC state to be CE marked; it is an offense to sell
goods not so marked where marking is required.  

Almost anything electrical or electronic wil be required to conform 
to a number of directives (such as the Low Voltage directive, EMC 
compatibility directive), and the CE mark shows a product conforms to 
the relevant directives.

The poblem is that if you are not Bosch or Sony (with effectively 
infinite budgets), how do you know which directives you need to 
comply with, and how do you prove you comply?  As an example, EMC 
compliance testing is going to leave you with little change from 5K.

The answer is that almost all small scale electronics manufacturers 
and suppliers (including PC assemblers) mark their goods CE, but the 
goods are not ecessarily compliant or tested.  It is not a strategy
without risk, as several PC assemblers have found out to their cost 
but it is the only option available to the vast majority of mini 
maufacturers.  Including me.  This is rock and hard place
territory

Back to Roombas:  www.roomba.de and Mark are both buying them in bulk
>from
But the folks in Germany are bunging a CE sticker on the Roomba to 
stay wihin the law.  ish.  Who knows if a Roomba is compliant
with 
the relevant directives?

I suspect Mark will have to CE sticker his Roombas before sale.  If
he doesnt put a sticker on, he's beaking the law if he sells them.

David.

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