Hello Mark, Not sure about your type of product but for Audio equipment we also had a small run of a product and I contacted Jim Robinson, the Manager of the CSA Special Inspections group (416-747-4194). It may be possible to have your equipment inspected by his group for field labeling to allow import into Canada.
They would look at one unit and basically look at labeling and verify that the Safety Critical components are CSA or UL approved and if everything is in order they issue a certificate and label each product. No testing is performed.........The cost is $500.00 per inspection but it may be more for your type of equipment and the process may be a bit more complicated. Of course this requires you to be sure you comply with the applicable safety and EMC standards to be sure your product is totally compliant... For small production product if you actually had more them one unit it is most economical to do this in as large a batch as possible to save inspection and shipping costs.... Much less involved and expensive then getting a CSA Mark............ I would give Jim a call as he was very helpful and answered all my questions in a 15 minute phone call... Hope this helps and good luck! Best regards, John Tyra Manager Product Safety Bose Corporation The Mountain, MS-450 Framingham, MA 01701-9168 Phone: 508-766-1502 Fax: 508-766-1145 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 10:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Compliance requirements for Canada for one-off item Gentlemen, may I ask for a little help? One of my colleagues is pricing up a job, and has asked me how much it will cost to get approvals necessary to sell a one-off piece of equipment to a potential customer in Canada. I have looked through all my saved Emails from emc-pstc, through the EMC-PSTC Archive and have searched using Google, and think I have sorted out the requirements But compliance is tricky, may I ask if you think I have got it right? The equipment is one-off small bit of industrial process plant that has six electrically operated valves, two level switches and a very simple PLC to do the control. For electrical safety, the Canadian Electrical Code (CEC) Rule 2-074 requires that electrical equipment be approved, but products deemed acceptable by a certification organization through a field evaluation process are also approved. So we can sell the equipment to the customer and he would have the responsibility for the field evaluation before he connects and energises it? (We would have to be confident that it would pass naturally, so good engineering practise and all UL-listed components is a reasonable start?) For EMC, as it's an Industrial Machine, under FCC Part 15 Subpart B Section 15.103 it would be exempted under paragraph (b) "A digital device used exclusively as an electronic control... in an industrial plant." So nothing special needs to be done (other than good EMC engineering practise). I'd be pleased to just have a simple "yes, you are right" opinion, though I am enough of a realist to expect there's more to it than I think. Hoping it's the easy "yes" answer (I'm ever the optimist), Regards, Mark PS there's another question of course: what else should I have asked? But I know you'll be good enough to tell me even if I don't ask! -- Mark Hone Wellman Defence Limited Email: [email protected] Airport Service Road Tel: +44 (0)23 9262 9239 (Direct) Portsmouth, Hants Tel: +44 (0)23 9266 4911 PO3 5PG, ENGLAND Fax: +44 (0)23 9269 7864 - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
