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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.
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.
9. Insulation strip length of 0.26 inches (6.5 mm) is required on all field wirings to the I/O card termination
modules.
