[Amps] FW: Power factor correction on tube amps

[George]

Roger, as ISO9001 goes, if you write it, you follow it! I remember going 
through the certification process and questioning the legitimacy of a 
policy that allows for non-conforming product to be shipped.
This really bothered me until I realized the documented steps in a given 
procedure could very well produce a "quality" product, (Ooooh that is 
not what the standard is for).  Unfortunately it gives the
manufacturer an opportunity to virtually write his own procedure and 
ship garbage and still be ISO compliant.  Bottom line--if you really 
care, you could write a procedure that will ship only conforming
product and reject non-conforming items.

73,
George, K4GVT






On 3/9/2013 6:34 PM, Roger (K8RI) wrote:
> On 3/9/2013 5:00 PM, Richard Solomon wrote:
>> That ISO program also made companies get rid of lots of perfectly 
>> good test
>> equipment.
>
> That is an indication that the people trying for certification didn't 
> really understand the ISO  requirements.  It is purely about 
> documentation, nothing more and nothing less.
>
> I found that most companies didn't understand that and wrote 
> themselves into a corner. An expensive corner.  As you say, for you it 
> was a bonanza
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>
>
>  My shack and test benches are full of Tektronix, HP, EIP and
>> other such gems. When I retired to Arizona, I gave about half of it 
>> away before
>> leaving.
>>
>> To me, ISO was a bonanza !!
>>
>> 73, Dick, W1KSZ
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Bill Turner <dezrat1242 at yahoo.com> 
>> wrote:
>>> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>>> On Sat, 09 Mar 2013 14:21:13 -0500, George wrote:
>>>
>>>> ISO9002 is not meant to be a quality program, simple put ISO9002 makes
>>>> sure that you do what your polices and procedures say with no 
>>>> regard to
>>>> quality.
>>>
>>> REPLY:
>>> No it doesn't. A company can qualify one day and ship junk the next. Or
>>> later the same day.
>>>
>>> That whole ISO thing is a scam put in place by gummints who want to 
>>> create
>>> work for their buddies. Bureaucratic nonsense.
>>>
>>> The best assurance of quality products is a company that jealously 
>>> guards
>>> its reputation and will not tolerate shipping poor quality products.
>>> Quality can not be imposed from outside.
>>>
>>> 73, Bill W6WRT
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