"J. Clarke" > wrote in message
in.local...
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:25:25 -0500, Andy wrote:
>> >
>> >> Janet Wilder > wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> On 10/7/2010 12:57 PM, Andy wrote:
>> >>>> Janet > wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> On 10/7/2010 2:35 AM, Andy wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> Give me the stamped FCCid# marked somewhere on the product and
>> >>>>>> I'll
>> >>>>>> get you the manual.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> The only thing stamped into the plastic is "9007W"
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> 9007W is not an FCC ID.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> http://www.fcc.gov/oet/ea/fccid/
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Andy
>> >>>
>> >>> There are no other codes on the unit.
>> >>
>> >> Janet,
>> >>
>> >> If it's plugged in, or has a battery in it, it should have an FCC ID.
>> >>
>> >> Best,
>> >>
>> >> Andy
>> >
>> > the federal communications commission covers food processors now? is
>> > that
>> > because food processors beam messages into your head?
>>
>> Electric motors generate interference with radio waves therefore the FCC
>> has
>> to approve of a design so as not to cause undue disruption to the
>> airwaves..
>> You could do a Google search before you spout off. It would make you
>> seem
>> less like a hostile and bitter loser.
>
> ROF,L. If you had bothered with a google search you would have found
> that (a) all approved devices do not have FCC IDs and that (b) electric
> motors are classified by the FCC as "incidental radiators" and subject
> only to the requirements that "Manufacturers of these devices shall
> employ good engineering practices to minimize the risk of harmful
> interference" (49CFR15.13) and that users of the device can be required
> to quit using it if that use is causing harmful interference (49CFR15.5)

Ah, 49CFR15.5 - a great read. My favorite.

> Further, FCC does not in general review designs, they require that
> samples of the completed device be tested.

In other words a review of the product.

> As an exercise, please since you are so certain that everything with a
> motor has an FCC ID, go down to Home Depot and write down the FCC IDs
> for all the power tools on display.

Didn't say all. Besides I'm a Lowes kind of guy. Home Depots are so third
world.

Paul