Hi, Richard.
Liability arguments aside, assuming the AHJ over the
installation location has no specific requirement, there is
no requirement to have safety certification in place to ship
a product from within the US to another location in the US.
This is, of course, modified by:
1) customer requirements
2) your company's internal requirements
3) if the product is installed in a work place, and subject
to inspection by OSHA, there may be restrictions on being
able to energize the equipment (this is one of those "hope I
don't get caught" kind of things)
4) trade unions have been known to refuse to install
equipment that is not marked with a safety certification
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There are, no doubt, other considerations.
Regards,
Peter L. Tarver, PE
ptar...@ieee.org
> From: Stone, Richard
> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 11:01 AM
>
>
> Group,
> A question came up internally here,
> is product safety of ITE equipment required to ship
> in the USA, from a USA mmf'r. We know the FCC
> part 15 requirement
> is standard and must all meet that.
> But is safety required the same way prior to shipment?
> We use OSHA internally and meet those demands,
> and California has locations where if it aint UL,
> we can NOT buy it...
>
> is ITE safety just the norm, in our field,
> to make it safe, but NOT a requirement to ship in the USA.
> any insight is appreciated, as well as a document
> or website.
>
> compliance is costly and internal folks here dont
> always agree
> with my stance and like to know for sure.
>
> for the EU:CE mark, includes all compliance,
> safety and EMC/EMI and telco if applicbale..
>
> regards
> Richard,
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