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Any advice on selling self-made hardware
SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: Ribster on January 14, 2023, 11:23:04 am ---Yes. While i do have T&M equipment for conducted and radiation measurements, i can make the rapports.
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That's good.
Note that you could put a CE mark on your products and never do any testing to back it up. Self-marking is your own responsibility 100%. Nobody is going to check what you have done behind this CE mark until there's a problem in the field. If you have your whole technical documentation up to date, plus EMC tests (even if not accredited) and basic electrical safety tests, you'll be ahead of probably 90% of all vendors already.
This of course applies only to devices that can be self-marked. Regulated fields, such as medical devices, or cars, are a completely different story.
Nusa:
From what I understand (I'm not on that continent), EU selling to EU means you have to have a two-year warranty on what you sell. So price accordingly.
Jackster:
I would always only sell CE UL ROHS marked products and never sell anything without........
But I have a mate who sell his own products for years and it has not been a problem. If you were selling mass market, yea goes get CE/UL (you should be able to afford it at that point) but if you are selling a few hundred of something, you will be fine.
Note that product liability insurance probably won't cover you for not having markings. Don't take my word for it.
Do this via a limited company so you are one step away from any liability claims.
Not a lawyer.
wilhe_jo:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on January 14, 2023, 10:20:19 pm ---
--- Quote from: Ribster on January 14, 2023, 11:23:04 am ---Yes. While i do have T&M equipment for conducted and radiation measurements, i can make the rapports.
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Note that you could put a CE mark on your products and never do any testing to back it up. Self-marking is your own responsibility 100%. Nobody is going to check what you have done behind this CE mark until there's a problem in the field. If you have your whole technical documentation up to date, plus EMC tests (even if not accredited) and basic electrical safety tests, you'll be ahead of probably 90% of all vendors already.
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Not entirely true... There are regular market surveillance campaigns. If you manage to get one of those lucky products, you get assessed.
So you'd better have some measurements... It's tough to demonstrate compliance without data. However, if you have non-accredited ones, and the product is fine, you will be good.
It is just if you get some complaints... Liability is nothing I would underestimate. But that's a general thing if you're doing business....
73
jonpaul:
It seems that our notes are speculation.
I cant comment further unti the OP can reveal:
Type of device?
Power source?
Potential emissions ?
Quantity per year expected?
Country of origin?
Areas exporting to?
With this info we can give the OP more cogent advise.
Jon
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