[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR18.307]

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                       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................  --

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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]