Hello Rich,
My point exactly about what products are targeted. We have been through
these discussions many times in the past and the answer always comes up
that your product specific market environment drives third party
certification.
Best regards,
Ron
>
>
> Hi Ron:
>
>
> It appears that most of these laws are targeted at electrical
consumer
> products used in the home, not always a business or place of
work.
> Therefore, this goes to show that many product families are not
identified
> in these laws and they are not mandated to be NRTL listed unless
you
> expect
> to use a Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer in your kitchen or living
room.
>
>
> The electrical codes under which certification is
> required apply to EVERYTHING electrical. Indeed
> the primary focus of electrical codes is for the
> wire, boxes, circuit-breakers, etc., that are used
> in building construction. These are required to be
> certified. "Consumer products" or, more generally,
> utilization equipment, is just a small portion of
> the stuff that is covered by electrical code
> certification requirement.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Rich
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
-
----------------------------------------------------------------
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
<emc-p...@ieee.org>
All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at:
http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html
Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at
http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used
formats), large files, etc.
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 <emcp...@radiusnorth.net>
Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org>
For policy questions, send mail to:
Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org>
David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
