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EN 60950/A2
October 1991
Descriptors: Information technology equipment, business equipment, personal computer, safety
Amendment A2 to the English version of IN 60950
Safety of information technology equipment
(including electrical business equipment)
(IEC 950: 1986/A2:1990 + corrigendum September 1990)
This amendment modifies the European Standard EN 60950: 1988. It was approved by CENELEC on 1991-06-25. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CENELEC member.
This amendment exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
CENELEC
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 36, B-1050 Brussels
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Foreword
The proposal to endorse Amendment 2: 1990 to the International Standard IEC 950:1986 including the corrigendum of September 1990 was submitted to the CENELEC members for unique acceptance in September 1990.
The reference document was approved by CENELEC as Amendment A2 to EN 60950:1988 on 25 June 1991.
The following dates were fixed:
· latest date of publication of an identical national standard (dop) 1993-06-01
· latest date of withdrawal of conflicting national standards (dow) 1992-06-01
For products which have complied with EN 60960: 1988 before 1992-06-01 as shown by the manufacturer or by a certification body, this previous standard may continue to apply for production until 1997-06-01.
Endorsement notice
The text of Amendment 2:1990 to the International Standard IEC 950:1988, including the corrigendum of September 1990, was approved by CENELEC as an amendment to the European Standard without any modification.
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This amendment has been prepared by Technical Committee No 74: Safety of information technology equipment including electrical business equipment and telecommmunication equipment.
The text of this amendment is based on the following documents:
Six Month's rule | Reports on voting |
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74(CO)85+A | 74(CO)100 |
74(CO)101 | 74(CO)126 |
74(CO)102 | 74(CO)127 |
74(CO)103 | 74(CO)128 |
74(CO)104 | 74(CO)129 |
74(CO)105 | 74(CO)130 |
74(CO)106 | 74(CO)131 |
74(CO)107 | 74(CO)132 |
74(CO)108 | 74(CO)133 |
74(CO)109 | 74(CO)134 |
74(CO)110 | 74(CO)135 |
74(CO)111 | 74(CO)136 |
74(CO)112 | 74(CO)137 |
74(CO)125 | 74(CO)157 |
Rull information on the voting for the approval of this amendment can be found in the Voting Reports indicated in the above table.
The changes introduced by Amendment No. 2 are indicated by either a vertical line in the margin or by underlining.
The corrections indicated hereinafter are to be inserted by the user in IEC Publication 950 amended by Amendment No. 1.
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PREFACE
Add the following to the list of IEC publications quoted:
Publication No. 825(1984): Radiation sfety of laser products, equipment classification, requirements and user's guide
Add the following to the list of other publications quoted:
ICRP 26(1977): Protection against ionizing radiation from external sources.
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1.2.7.2 Servic access area
In the second line, delete the words:
"...for maintenance purposes..."
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1.7.2 Add the following note after the three notes at the top of the page:
In Norway and Sweden, pluggable Class 1 equipment intended for connection to a telephone network or a similar communications system may require a marking stating that the equipoment must be connected to an earthed mains socket-outlet.
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2.1.3 Replace the second and third lines of this sub-clause by:
- not be subject to damabe nor to stress and shall not need to be handled by the operator.
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2.2.2 Add the following after the words "Mechanical Strength":
'frequency of the working voltage'
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Add the following to Condition 5 of Table III and Condition 3 of Table IV:
' the calculated spacing being rounded up to the next higher 0.1 mm increment.'
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4.2.7 In the second paragraph:
- after the wording 'Damage to finish" add 'cracks,'
- and delete 'cracks not visible to the naked eye.'
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Renumber sub-clauses 4.3.21, 4.3.22, 4.3.23 and 4.3.24 as 4.3.22, 4.3.23, 4.3.24 and 4.3.25.
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