Dear Friends, Many times the vendor does not wish to obtain NRTL Listing because of the investigation costs involved and the yearly follow-up costs. One way that vendors might agree to submit their products for NRTL Listing is to have the buyer pay for all the costs involved or even to share the costs with the buyer.
Also please be aware that for small production runs, especially for large and complex equipment, most manufacturers use the Field Evaluation Services that most NRTLs offer these days. This type of investigation is very subjective (construction and minimal non-destructive tests) since evaluation is done at each installation site (first machine is checked thoroughly, others are verified to be of identical construction). Field evaluation is very popular with local inspectors in some US states, especially Washington, Oregon and North Carolina. This e-mail message may contain privileged or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not disclose, use, disseminate, distribute, copy or rely upon this message or attachment in any way. If you received this e-mail message in error, please return by forwarding the message and its attachments to the sender. PETER S. MERGUERIAN Technical Director I.T.L. (Product Testing) Ltd. 26 Hacharoshet St., POB 211 Or Yehuda 60251, Israel Tel: + 972-(0)3-5339022 Fax: + 972-(0)3-5339019 Mobile: + 972-(0)54-838175 http://www.itl.co.il http://www.i-spec.com -----Original Message----- From: John Shinn [mailto:john.sh...@sanmina-sci.com] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 12:27 AM To: rob.humph...@reuters.com; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: safety testing in the USA There has been some good responses to this post. And it is, in general, true that a manufacturer is not mandated, by law, to have the product LISTED by an appropriate Safety Testing Agency (NRTL). However, it may be required by the local inspection agency prior to installation. (This was covered in other posts). However, if you, as the customer, requests that the product be tested and listed by an applicable NRTL, and the vendor is not willing to have the product tested for compliance with the appropriate standard(s), then you should RUN to the nearest exit and find another vendor. Assume that a vendor, who is not willing to have their product tested and listed for by an appropriate testing agency, is hiding something and the vendor is aware that the product would not comply if tested. OO John Shinn, P.E. Manager, Lab Operations Sanmina-SCI -----Original Message----- From: owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org [mailto:owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org]On Behalf Of rob.humph...@reuters.com Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 7:46 AM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: safety testing in the USA Group, I am in discussions with a potential supplier of IT equipment, Its our usual policy to request testing to a listed standard such as UL 60950 for safety in North America. The supplier has replied that this is not mandatory. Is he correct? what compels safety testing for IT equipment in this geography? is it mandated by law? Thanks in advance for your opinions Rob ------------------------------------------------------------- --- Visit our Internet site at http://www.reuters.com Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Reuters Ltd. ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. 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