Praveen, The symbol you attached is the CSA Listing mark showing approval for use in the U.S. and Canada. It is the equivalent of the UL Listing mark for the U.S. and Canada. CSA has been approved as a NRTL by OSHA so a product with this mark will satisfy the requirements of both OSHA and the NEC along with the regulatory authorities in Canada. It indicates evaluation to both the U.S. and Canadian standards. Some U.S. consumers may not know that this mark is essentially the same as the UL mark, which can be a marketing issue. However consumers in Canada would be more familiar with this mark. The reason you see so many different marks on some products is a marketing issue. Consumers are typically more familiar with marks from their own countries. If you look at the back of any newer computer monitor you can see what I mean. I have seen monitors with as many as 7 or 8 different marks, most of which indicate compliance to the same standards.
Kurt Andrews Compliance Engineer Tracewell Systems, Inc. 567 Enterprise Drive Westerville, Ohio 43081 voice: 614.846.6175 toll free: 800.848.4525 fax: 614.846.7791 http://www.tracewellsystems.com/ <http://www.tracewellsystems.com/> -----Original Message----- From: Praveen Rao [SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 7:36 PM To: 'Pham, Tac'; 'Courtland Thomas'; emcpost Subject: RE: Product Marking This is the symbol (see attached) we were advised to use by CSA for both Canada and USA. But no 'UL' to be mentioned anywhere. The testing was through the CB scheme tested here in Australia. Praveen -----Original Message----- From: Pham, Tac [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, 25 January 2001 9:00 AM To: 'Courtland Thomas'; emcpost Subject: RE: Product Marking Courtland, The NRTL (UL, CSA) would not like the idea that one marked the product with the word UL or CSA because (their argument) it is misleading. In some cases, TUV, ETL etc. can certify some products using UL/CSA standards. Tac, Power-One TSD -----Original Message----- From: Courtland Thomas [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 1:05 PM To: emcpost Subject: Product Marking Hello group, I have a question concerning labeling a product. If we go to a NRTL and get Safety testing performed, we typically put the Safety logo (UL for example) on the product label. Our marketing people have a problem with having different logo's. They would like to standarize on a single logo such as UL. This kind of thinking hinders the process of getting the best price possible. I would like to get the testing performed at a lab which doesn't use UL. Would it be possible to just put "Conforms to UL 1950 and CAN/CSA 1950" on the label and forget the logo? Or is there a requirement to have a logo? Thanks, Courtland Thomas Patton Electronics ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] << File: CSA NRTL.doc >> ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected]
