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Subject:Re: Conditional statements From:Janice Gelb <janiceg -at- MARVIN -dot- ENG -dot- SUN -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 4 Jun 1998 10:17:25 -0700
Roger Smith (<roger -dot- smith3 -at- virgin -dot- net> wrote:
> This is the definitive usage of conditional statements.
>
> A WARNING is to advize of something that could cause injury or death to
> a person.
>
Our compliance engineers last year were notified that the word
"Warning" is not required any longer, as long as Cautions for
electrical or hot hazards carry the appropriate international symbol.
The "Markings and instructions." section of IEC 950, UL 1950 and
EN60950, Section 7, in particular Section 1.7.2 "Safety Instructions"
contain the requirements for precautions. The international
standards for markings and symbols, IEC 417 and ISO 7000 contain
additional information.
> A CAUTION is to advize of something that could cause damage or
> malfunction of equipment.
>
> A NOTE is to bring the reader's attention to something not covered by a
> CAUTION or WARNING.
>
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