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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 provision
s 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.
8. DC input mains power to the enclosure and mains power must be filtered by a DC mains filters
with attenuation characteristics of Corcom 6EH1 series filters or with similar filters with equal or
greater attenuation characteristics.
