boylesg
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Youre missing the point. Low voltage garden lights meet regulations by virtue of the fact they ARE low voltage. Of course home gardners can install whatever they want. But the company that SELLS the product hass to meet regulations. If you use an off-the-shelf power supply, that will save a lot if problems. If your whole system operates below some minimum voltage, then that problem is solved. But what about RF emissions? Susceptibility? What if a buyer cuts himself installing the system?
You can not sell a product that, for example, will interfere with TV receivers or mobile phones. In the EU the manufacturer takes responsibility for that. Without CE mark and proper certificates, you won't be able to export your products to the EU. So you should check your local regulations.
I suspect all that red tape has become rather redundant with the rise of ebay etc. For example I doubt that many Chinese manufacturers of gadgets take much notice of such EU, Au or US standards. And nor do millions of their customers in those countries.
I hear you.This is probably a really nasty way to look at this, but if I was with a big company that produce irrigation systems and saw some upstart taking market share away and I suspected they were buying some cheap Chinese wifi modules that don't meat regulations, I might actually do some "testing" on their product to see if it might be violating regulations. If so I would report it (as an easy way to tank the small company) uncompetitive, perhaps, but then putting an untested produce with "fake" approval seals is pretty much being uncompetitive too.
You still have plenty to worry about.So I don't think I have too much to worry about.
You still have plenty to worry about.
Is that shield certified to meet any EMI compliance? I doubt it. Any knucklehead can take some off-the-shelf components, put them on a PCB and sell them to you. Just because they're commercial parts doesn't mean the meet any requirements when they're connected together.
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