What compliance issues must be addressed when specifying a battery charger?
Too many to answer in one or two paragraphs. “Compliance” can cover many things but in our experience we break it down into several sub-catagories that include safety, electro-magnetic compatibility (EMC or emissions and susceptibility) and the newly emerging “Green initiatives” such as RoHS, China RoHS, WEE, Energy Star and CEC. A standard practice is to have the compliance requirements of the primary appliance flow-down to all accessories. While good as a rule of thumb this practice can unduly burden accessories with development and recurring costs along with costly and resource consuming validation testing.
