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Compliance with CE Mark
This section describes how to install and operate RTP equipment for use in the European Union
(EU) to comply with the requirements of the CE Mark and its referenced standards. The
procedures in this section apply also to other environments where provisions of the EU’s EMC
and Low Voltage Directives are either required or desirable.
RTP Corporation has successfully tested and reviewed its products to the stringent requirements
of the European Union’s EMC Directives (2004/108/EC) and Low Voltage Directive (2006/95/EC).
In order for the equipment to meet the requirements of these directives, the equipment
must be installed and operated in accordance with these instructions
.
These tests and reviews are in accordance to EN 61131-2:2007 as listed in the next section.
Information on the tests performed and the standards involved is available from RTP Corporation.
To comply with the requirements of the CE Mark and its referenced standards, the system
integrator, installer, and end user must store, integrate, install, and operate this equipment in
accordance with the following guidelines.
1. Compliance with all product specific instructions (including but not limited to storage
instructions, installation instructions, operating instructions, maintenance instructions,
disposal instructions, and specifications) is required.
2. RTP equipment is rated for use in Installation Category (Overvoltage Category) II and
Pollution Degree 2 environments in accordance with standard IEC 664.
3. To assure that an
Operator
is not exposed to electrical hazards, all equipment capable of
electrical hazards must be housed in a grounded enclosure (equipment cabinet/rack) that
limits access to the equipment only to
Service Personnel
. Limited access may include
enclosure doors and side panels, which are locked or require a tool to open. To assure
compliance with the EMC requirements, the equipment must be housed in an enclosure
(equipment cabinet/rack) that provides EMC shielding. Compliance testing was performed in
a shielded equipment rack provided by Hoffman Concept® Wall Mounted Enclosure model
number CSD242420. To assure compliance, the equipment must be installed in this style
cabinet, or one with similar or greater RF attenuation characteristics. The cabinet should be
outfitted with continuous copper finger gasketing and copper foil along all seams and joints.
4. The
Service Personnel
must be trained to operate the equipment and must be aware of the
potential of electrical hazards of the equipment and of the field I/O signals connected to the
equipment.
5. Hazardous voltage warning labels must be applied to the enclosure doors adjacent to the
locking mechanisms to warn the
Service Personnel
that hazardous voltages are contained
within the enclosure, if modules carrying 120 V and above are used.
6. Hazardous voltage warning labels also must be applied to the termination modules (which
carry 120 V and above), adjacent to the external connectors, to warn the
Service Personnel
that hazardous voltages are present at the module's terminal blocks.
7. To assure compliance with the EMC requirements, the equipment must have all
communications, power, and field signal cabling exiting the enclosure enclosed in metal
conduits or shielded wireways. These conduits must provide EMI/RFI shielding and must be
terminated at the enclosure shell. There must be no uncovered openings in the cabinet.
Connections between the cabinet and conduit must be made with conduit connectors making
good (low impedance) electrical contact to the enclosure. Input mains power to the enclosure
and mains power fed to switching digital output I/O cards and modules must be filtered by AC
mains filters with attenuation characteristics of Corcom VR series filters or with similar filters
with equal or greater attenuation characteristics.
