>From what I'm told, just the opposite. The NRTLs need to be able to justify >all their decisions to the accreditation body if questioned, or so I'm told. Of course if something slips through and is not questioned by the body during review then....... -Dave
-----Original Message----- From: John Woodgate [mailto:j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2014 2:25 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue In message <49b036a46b7543609a62f14804058...@bn1pr08mb059.namprd08.prod.outlook.com> , dated Wed, 3 Sep 2014, "Nyffenegger, Dave" <dave.nyffeneg...@bhemail.com> writes: >But the NRTLs are accredited and regularly reviewed/inspected by their >accreditation bodies in order to stay on OSHAs NRTL list as I am >repeatedly reminded by the NRTLs otherwise their mark becomes worthless. So the accreditation bodies tolerate arbitrary and unreasoning decisions by the NRTLs? Or do they just never get to hear about them? -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. With best wishes. See www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Quid faciamus nisi sit? John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) 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> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) 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>