Within EU, most of electrical products are covered by LVD and GPSD. In US, which body, law and standards are responsible for the similar regulatory?
In the USA, we have a number of entities that oversee electrical safety: AHJ, enforcing the local (state, county, or city) electrical code (certification and construction) for all local installations. OSHA (federal), which governs workplace safety by requiring electrical equipment to be NRTL. CPSC (federal), which maintains a list of substantial product hazards which must comply with a safety standard, and which orders recalls of “dangerous” products (after incidents). FDA (federal), which governs medical electrical equipment. There may be others. 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
