I was recently at a fire scene where the home owner had extended some outlets around a room. The wire he chose to use inside the walls did not have a NRTL approval. Apparently he bought it at a big box store that happened to be orange.
Jack Burns -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 5:22 PM To: 'Jim Robson'; [email protected] Subject: RE: NRTL listing for product sold in the United States Hi Jim: You've had a number of answers with good data. NRTL certification is required for two totally unrelated applications. 1) NRTL is required for workplace safety. 2) NRTL or equivalent is required as a part of the local (city, county, state) building code safety. Certification by a NRTL is required under the USA workplace safety law, aka OSHA. If you sell your product to an employer (who is responsible for workplace safety), the electrical equipment used by his employees must bear the mark of an NRTL. (NRTL is the means for electrical equipment safety administration under OSHA.) Certification by a NRTL or equivalent is required by the USA National Electrical Code. This code (or a version of it) is adopted by local (state or county or city) jurisdictions responsible for building codes. Most codes require certification of electrical equipment. Most codes require certification by an NRTL, but some codes have a specific list of acceptable certification houses. As far as I know, all NRTLs are accepted by all building codes; some codes may specify the cert house, and some codes may include cert houses that are not NRTL. For an example of a local jurisdiction that specifies cert houses, see: http://ladbs.org/LADBSWeb/LADBS_Forms/TestLab/ETL_list_lab.pdf (The City of Los Angeles has its own electrical testing laboratory and safety certification label.) As a general rule for the USA all electrical products must be certified by an NRTL. (Some retailers, such as Wal-Mart, also require safety certification of the products they sell, and often have their own list of acceptable cert houses. NRTL works for them, too.) Here is the current list of NRTLs: http://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/nrtllist.html Best regards, Richard Nute Product Safety Consultant San Diego, California, USA > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Jim Robson > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 1:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: NRTL listing for product sold in the United States > > > Group, > > I am in a discussion with one of our customers about NRTL listing for > ITE products sold in the US. He sent me this comment. > > "All equipment sold in the State of Alaska as well as at > least 20 other > states is required to be listed by a nationally recognized > testing lab." > > Is anyone familiar with this requirement, know where to find the more > details and where I can find a list of the states that do > require a NRTL > listing? Google didn't help on this one. > > Regards, > Jim Robson > > > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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]>
