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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimbo View Post
    I will keep firing dates at you Oliver as they come up. Sorry they are all over the place but I live a hectic life, will explain when we meet up!
    No worries Jim, I too have a hectic schedule but I have an open mind and a willingness to indulge my audio addiction. We shall meet!!!! lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Firebottle View Post
    Self certification with a Technical File is all that is required.
    Alan, apart from CE compliance mentioned in my last post, any electronic parts used in any piece of domestic electronics made today will have to adhere to the RoHS (Removal of Hazardous Substances) Directive. As a manufacturer you must also know about the WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Directive.
    As you know you have to be registered with WEEE and report to them regularly on production numbers of equipment made based on weight so appropriate charging can be made for their future disposal. As anyone can see, if you factor in all this extra overhead and cost it can add up to a sizeable sum which has to be added to the overall cost of the electronic product. Unfortunately building an amplifier today is not as simple as it was back in the 1980s, where guys like Glenn Croft (I have huge respect for Glenn and sold many of his amplifiers back in the 1990s) could bang out an amp made from components from the surplus store. The EU and all its regulations and laws has put pay to that one...
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    Probably not for long tho. most eu directives will be no doubt scrapped. sad but true in some cases.
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    Hi Graham, I have been involved with the design, EMC testing and full compliance with many products throughout my career, so it could be said you are preaching to the converted in his case.
    However it is good to have the regulatory position and its associated add on costs explained so the lay public have some appreciation of why modern gear costs what it does.

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    Spot on Grant

    I think this whole saga is a bit OTT to be honest.

    GT,

    Im not sure what youre trying to say in your posts? Are you Justifying the price of your product?

    The price is £125 per annum for WEEE registration for less than £1m in sales, im pretty sure that wouldn't be an issue and as for there being no need for third party CE certification im not really sure where this extra cost is coming from. I'll do some research into the costs for the testing etc. RoHS is available on the net for free too.

    Im finding this part very enlightening and its demonstrating why Cottage industry builders are doing very well!

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    I like the way Douglas Bader thinks in his quote,

    "Rules are meant for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stryder5 View Post
    I like the way Douglas Bader thinks in his quote,

    "Rules are meant for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men".
    Hahaha you rogue, Gary

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stryder5 View Post
    I like the way Douglas Bader thinks in his quote,

    "Rules are meant for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men".
    Brilliant! I'm going to be using that quote a lot
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stryder5 View Post
    I like the way Douglas Bader thinks in his quote,

    "Rules are meant for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men".
    Ah I've used that quote for decades and always assumed it was something from the distant past like Chaucer, or the bard... Douglas Bader eh? Yer learns something every day
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    Was actually group captain harry day
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    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
    .... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


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