[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 47CFR18.307]



[Page 877]

 

                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

              CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 

PART 18_INDUSTRIAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart C_Technical Standards

 

Sec. 18.307  Conduction limits.



    For the following equipment, when designed to be connected to the 

public utility (AC) power line the radio frequency voltage that is 

conducted back onto the AC power line on any frequency or frequencies 

shall not exceed the limits in the following tables. Compliance with the 

provisions of this paragraph shall be based on the measurement of the 

radio frequency voltage between each power line and ground at the power 

terminal using a 50 [mu]H/50 ohms line impedance stabilization network 

(LISN).

    (a) All Induction cooking ranges and ultrasonic equipment:



------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                        Conducted limit (dB[mu]V)

  Frequency of emission (MHz)   ----------------------------------------

                                      Quasi-peak            Average

------------------------------------------------------------------------

0.009-0.05.....................  110................  --

0.05-0.15......................  90-80 *............  --

0.15-0.5.......................  66 to 56 *.........  56 to 46 *

0.5-5..........................  56.................  46

5-30...........................  60.................  50

------------------------------------------------------------------------

* Decreases with the logarithm of the frequency.



    (b) All other part 18 consumer devices:



------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                        Conducted limit (dB[mu]V)

  Frequency of emission (MHz)   ----------------------------------------

                                      Quasi-peak            Average

------------------------------------------------------------------------

0.15-0.5.......................  66 to 56 *.........  56 to 46 *

0.5-5..........................  56.................  46

5-30...........................  60.................  50

------------------------------------------------------------------------

* Decreases with the logarithm of the frequency.



    (c) RF lighting devices:



------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                        Maximum RF line

                                                        voltage measured

                   Frequency (MHz)                      with a 50 uH/50

                                                         ohm LISN (uV)

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Non-consumer equipment:

  0.45 to 1.6........................................              1,000

  1.6 to 30..........................................              3,000

Consumer equipment:

  0.45 to 2.51.......................................                250

  2.51 to 3.0........................................              3,000

  3.0 to 30..........................................                250

------------------------------------------------------------------------



    (d) If testing with a quasi-peak detector demonstrates that the 

equipment complies with the average limits specified in the appropriate 

table in this section, additional testing to demonstrate compliance 

using an average detector is not required.

    (e) These conduction limits shall apply only outside of the 

frequency bands specified in Sec. 18.301.

    (f) For ultrasonic equipment, compliance with the conducted limits 

shall preclude the need to show compliance with the field strength 

limits below 30 MHz unless requested by the Commission.

    (g) The tighter limits shall apply at the boundary between two 

frequency ranges.



[50 FR 36067, Sept. 5, 1985, as amended at 52 FR 43198, Nov. 10, 1987; 

64 FR 37419, July 12, 1999; 67 FR 45671, July 10, 2002]