From: Dick Grobner [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 4:01 PM >............................................. I also know that the City of >L.A. is a stickler for a third party mark on a medical device (and I would >suspect other devices as will), if it isn't there you submit your device >along with mounds of data to the cities electrical department, and pay the >$2-3K for their inspection and sticker. >Overall, it makes good business sense to use a reputable third party NRTL >when doing business.
We ran into a situation in LA with a piece of recognized (back in the dys UL resisted giving a listing to any piece of rack mount equipment) rack mount equipment installed in a bank computer center. They would not issue the bank an occupancy certificate unless the product was listed or there was field evaluation of the installation by an NRTL and a listing is approved. I have been following this thread and one comment that has not been made that is quite relevant is; You do not want to be shopping around to NRTLs for the best price all the time. Every NRTL is going to have yearly fees and factory inspection fees not to mention the disruption of the factory during the factory inspections (that could mean 4 x the number of NRTLs you have product certified by). If the goal is cost and cycletime reduction to certification setting up your own safety lab and having it accredited ubder one of the client test data / self certification programs such as ULs COMPASS, CSAs Category or TUVs ACT will significantly reduce the cost of product certification and will cut the cycltime in 1/2 or better. If your products are designed using approved power supplies and you use certified components anywhere it has a safety impact the lab you set up does not need to be very elaborate or take up much space. David Clement Motorola Inc. Global Homologation Engineering 20 Cabot Blvd. Mansfield, MA 02048 P: 508-261-4389 F: 508-261-4777 C: 508-725-9689 E: <mailto:[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]
