[sdiy] FCC And Other Testing

[Miles Stevens]

This was a good discussion, thanks.

I was thinking today; How does a chopper amplifier fit into the 9KHz FCC
clock threshold?

On Sun, 17 Jan 2021 at 04:03, Quincas Moreira <quincas at gmail.com> wrote:

> I recently ran into trouble receiving a package from Erica Synths in
> Latvia. They normally declare a low value since these are demo units I
> receive to make videos and manuals for, but this time they forgot and it
> was declared as over 1000 USD, which is a kind of "threshold for customs
> attention" here in Mexico. The result was that due to a new law from August
> 2020, customs was requiring that I pay all the necessary licensing papers
> so that my rack with two modules inside could be legally imported, and it
> came to over 3000 Euros total.  Luckily I was able to find a knowledgeable
> customs agent who managed to reclassify the package as "parts for
> synthesizers" rather than a complete synth, and after a few weeks in
> expensive storage, the import fees and the agent's own fees, ended up
> costing 700 euros to release. Expensive, but it was still worth it to Erica
> to pay, rather than abandon and ship me a new box with a low declared value.
> Lesson learned!
> Any electronics entering Mexico with a declared value over 1k usd is
> likely to get stopped and possibly the NYCE certification will be required.
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 5:09 AM Roman Sowa <modular at go2.pl> wrote:
>
>> Not only radiated emissions count, but also conducted - via power cable
>> and plugged patchcords. And maybe I'm being paranoid, but I think your
>> test results document will be then only good for THIS module in THIS
>> case as a whole. So you could only legally sell the module with exaclty
>> this case bundle.
>>
>> Roman
>>
>> W dniu 2021-01-15 o 11:37, Steven Cook via Synth-diy pisze:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Thank you for your suggestions. Thinking about it, it seems like a
>> > Eurorack module would need to be tested in a case, with a PSU. I'm
>> > thinking that if I sent it off for testing in a small, fully-enclosed,
>> > earthed metal case, it would be unlikely to fail even if it was badly
>> > designed, which I'm hoping it won't be! At least that would avoid the
>> > cost of a retest.
>> >
>> > Steven Cook
>> >
>> >
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