26 Jun
2013
26 Jun
'13
12:53 p.m.
On 6/25/2013 1:39 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
I am technically minded enough
that I feel confident in validating a
design for robustness and safe operation. Potentially unfortunately, in
this day and age, "legally" is the most important aspect of this line of
discussion.
Alas yes... IANAL but I wonder what the position si if oyu offer a
scheamtic, chassis layout and PCB? Or even a complete kit. Provided the
diesing as shown is safe (tat is, you have included fuses, safety
grounds, yuo can;'t touch live parts when in use, etc). I would hope that
any problems due ot an idiot mis-construction it were nto your fault.
Alas these days that's unlikely to be the case :-(
By
creating the design in this way, I'm shouldering 100% of the
liability on the design. While a company I contract might do
essentially the same thing, I feel more comfortable from a liability
standpoint.
Morally (maybe not legally) I feel happier doing a solid design with
adequate protective devies (fuses, thermal fuses, proper earthing, etc)
than getiing somebody else to meet my spec and to miss out what I regard
as imporntat because it wasn't in the spec. Perhaps
it's about time thsse 'masses' learnt to solder :-) -tony
Let's
relate one of my customers: Jim. He lives in mid-state IA, USA,
and he knows how to solder.
But, his hands tremble significantly, to the point that soldering is
fast becoming impossible. He's OK soldering up LV stuff, as the risk is
small, and the reward is great.