Product category: Compliance Engineering
News Release from: Clare Instruments | Subject: EN50191
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 03 August 2004
EN50191 sets safety test standards
John Barnett of electrical safety testing specialist Clare Instruments provides a guide to EN50191 and the safe operation of electrical test installations.
Manufacturers of electrical and electronic products clearly understand that to protect consumers, several types of electrical safety tests must be carried out on products to ensure compliance with industry standards for construction and performance However, in instigating formal electrical safety testing procedures on the production line or in design or type testing laboratories, there is also the need to ensure that the personnel undertaking those tests remain safe from the dangers presented by working with electricity
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 27 Oct 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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