> Richard Woods wrote: > > How important is brand recognition of the NRTL? > > Richard Woods
< strictly personal comment below > Hi Richard. While I can only add little to what's been said already by others, you've actually asked two questions in one with regard to my personal experience. First: The NRTL house doing the testing. Yes. Very important to some fomer customers. Especially those customers who are central office types. Their contract specifically stated UL-1950, 3rd Edition approval. I had that done, but by another house which does not carry the first two letters of that standard. When the Beta product was delivered with the appropriate label of the test house, it was instantly rejected. The people I had to justify this to only understood that UL approved meant not only the UL standard but that UL did the testing, therefore the UL logo was expected. Very messy attempt to rectify the situation followed. Second: Switching NRTLs. In an attempt to pacify the now irate customer, I looked into switching to UL. Well, the answer was, "no, we don't accept the results of the other house." It's the same standard which requires the same testing. It gets messier when you're talking OEM. < shudder > < flashbacks > Regards, Doug McKean ------------------------------------------- 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: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.rcic.com/ click on "Virtual Conference Hall,"
