I would never dare to declare U.S. compliance without testing and certify via a NRTL. But what I am struggling with, is to gain knowledge about the basic electrical safety laws in U.S. Maybe I do not need legally to go through a NRTL, but that does not mean I would, even if I could.
The electrical safety legislation seems to be a bit more complicated in U.S. compared to EU. Best regards Amund Westin, Oslo / Norway > -----Opprinnelig melding----- > Fra: owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org > [mailto:owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org]På vegne av John Woodgate > Sendt: 17. januar 2003 13:25 > Til: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org > Emne: Re: SV: NRTL in the U.S. > > > > I read in !emc-pstc that Amund Westin <am...@westin-emission.no> wrote > (in <lfenjlpmmjbmhpeibnilaeapckaa.am...@westin-emission.no>) about 'SV: > NRTL in the U.S.' on Fri, 17 Jan 2003: > > >Just for a few seconds forget the customers requirements, is it > therefore a > >correct interpretation that electrical equipment (ITE, household > appliances, > >radio transmitters, etc) must be certified in order to follow > the U.S. laws > > I think you really already had the strictly correct answer, but it's > over-complicated. > > The practical answer is that it's much better to have certification than > not to have it, unless the cost of certification would make your product > uncompetitive against other, uncertified products in competition with > yours. > -- > Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Interested in professional sound reinforcement and distribution? Then go to http://www.isce.org.uk PLEASE do NOT copy news posts to me by E-MAIL! This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
