Hi group
Currently there is no MRA between the US and Europe on Safety
testing basically because the Americans don't trust the European allowance
for self assessment. Everything in the States has to be third party
inspected by an NRTL.
Also US employment law does not allow untested apparatus to be used in the
workplace so any purchaser is breaking the law if he puts non marked
equipment into service.
We use one of two options which is we use ITS who are an NRTL and have the
ETL mark which is accepted. They come and inspect the equipment in our
factory and issue a report and do the labelling.
The other process is to go to UL and have full listing carried out and have
the equpment labelled.
It all depends on the numbers of units you intend to ship if it is small
then the first option is the most cost effective.
But if it is large then a full listing is the better option.
Brian Harlowe
Thermo V.G. Scientific
Tel +44 (0)1342 327211
Fax +44 (0)1342 315074
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