If ignorance is bliss I must be a pretty happy guy. I have sort of
avoided asking this question because I seem to be the only guy that
doesn't fully understand the answer to this question.
Currently I use the standard US/Canadian private label mark and
one from Germany to meet the appropriate safety requirements. Our
principle market are US, Europe, and Japan.
I can get both the US and European investigations done
concurrently with the same product samples, and I have yet to have a
problem getting the equipment accepted by either the clients or the
countries in which they reside.
Given that what are the advantages I am not seeing in a CB
scheme report?
On the face of it a CB scheme report seems to be the proverbial
one-stop-shopping solution we would all like to see. But as I check into
it further a CB report doesn't seem to really provide a final answer.
Each agency still has the prerogative of requesting samples although
they may accept the test data from the CB approved lab. (UL for example
indicated they probably would want a sample along with the report).
Whether the issue is testing or product evaluation having to have some
agency put me in their queue for approval seems to be a big step
backwards.
Currently, having recognized private label marks for Europe and the US
has yet to cause a hitch in the normal customer base shipments.
GOST and NOM are on the horizon and I suppose that because I
have to send them products anyway because they are not part of the EC
and want their own marks it suggests that a CB report might be
beneficial in this case in speeding up the approval but overall I don't
see a significant benefit to a CB scheme instead of my current approach.
Am I missing the obvious? Am I making my life more difficult and
expensive than it should be?
