[sdiy] Advice for selling gear: FCC part 15 certification?

[Tim Ressel]

Yo,

For CE, you can skip all testing and just claim you
pass. But if anyone complains, the powers that be will
grab a bunch of your product out of your wahehouse and
test it. If it fails AND you have done no testing,
you're busted. And in jail. If you fail but have
documented tests, then its a slap on the wrist. 

As far as I know, its about the same in the US. No
policing except if complaints come in. But don't claim
FCC if you haven't done the testing.

Lab time is quite expensive. The very nice at HP
charged $500/Hr for the 10 meter chamber, and $150/Hr
for all other lab time.

--Tr


--- Bret Truchan <clone45 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello again!
> 
> You all rule!  Thanks for being so friendly!
> 
> Eric, of Metasonix, was kind enough to warn me that,
> if I ever want to sell 
> my creations legally, I'll need FCC part 15
> certification.  I was wondering 
> if anyone has any more inforamation about going
> through the certification 
> process.  It looks expensive!!  If I'm probably
> going to sell less than 50 
> units, and they don't cost much,  how can I break
> even?
> 
> One piece of music gear that I'm thinking of making
> uses a microcontroller 
> -- and that's about it.  If the microcontroller
> already has passed FCC 
> approval, do I also need to have my unit approved? 
> If my gear is entirely 
> composed of off-the-shelf components, do I still
> need certification?
> 
> Thanks a ton for any advice!
> - Bret
> 
>
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