In a few rare cases, NRTL Listing may not be enough. The New York City Department of Buildings has their own approval system for equipment, formerly known as the Material and Equipment Approval (MEA). An MEA was generally only required for materials or equipment permanently affixed to the building structure, but it could come into play for electrical equipment that requires conduit for its power connection.
The MEA has been replace by a system under the New York City Office of Technical Certification and Research, but I am not familiar if OTCR procedures. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dob/html/reference/mea_resource.shtml http://www.nyc.gov/html/dob/downloads/pdf/nysa_presentation_092508.pdf Ted Eckert Compliance Engineer Microsoft Corporation [email protected] The opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer. -----Original Message----- From: Richard Nute [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 3:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: NRTL listing for product sold in the United States Hi Gary: > Somebody long ago posted a list of states which had > certification/Listing requirements but sadly I've lost the list and > its been too long ago to even try and remember the author. It included > Washington, Oregon, California and others, but not all. I just forget > who they are. Certification requirements are specified in the local electrical code. The electrical code is part of the building code, and usually (but not always) is comprised of the National Electrical Code. Depending on the state, the building code (which includes the electric code) is either a state code, or a county code, or a city code. Oregon and Washington have state codes. California does not. In California, the code is either a county code or a city code. Los Angeles and Chicago are examples of city codes (which were locally written as opposed to adopting the National Electrical Code). Best regards, Richard Nute Product Safety Consultant San Diego, California, USA - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ 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]> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ 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]>
