Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-06 Thread CR
On 9/3/2014 6:23 PM, Richard Nute wrote: such reviews only address how they evaluate to a standard. The don't address how the cert house addresses things that are not included in the standard such as True story. A reputable and well run lab once tested an EUT for RF susceptibility while I

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-05 Thread CR
On 9/4/2014 1:09 PM, Richard Nute wrote: They use the argument that the NRTL must KNOW that the equipment is safe through their own measurements. They cannot be held responsible for tests that are done by another NRTL. Or liable for another's.Pay for three approvals and use the one

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-05 Thread John Woodgate
In message 54097f7a.3030...@earthlink.net, dated Fri, 5 Sep 2014, CR k...@earthlink.net writes: Pay for three approvals and use the one that's granted? Ouch! Yes, that's a danger; some test houses (not in USA, of course) would see a commercial advantage in being a bit lax, so more clients

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-05 Thread Binayak Marahatta
received this e-mail in error, please contact the sender and delete it from your system. From: sudhakar wasnik 008dfaa51ca2-dmarc-requ...@ieee.org To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG, Date: 09/04/2014 08:31 PM Subject:Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue India is a CB scheme

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-05 Thread jral...@productsafetyinc.com
@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORGmailto:EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue I do want to chime in here on a few issues to stop any misconceptions about the NRTL program. First a disclaimer, in my former life, I worked for an NRTL, I now work for OSHA in the office that oversees the NRTL

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-05 Thread Pete Perkins
Colleagues, Well, altho my initial question ran far afield I thank everyone who chimed in to respond. The discussion has been quite interesting even tho the initial question is still left somewhat hanging. The business/cultural/legal

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-05 Thread John Woodgate
In message 006201cfc938$cf4f3560$6deda020$@cs.com, dated Fri, 5 Sep 2014, Pete Perkins 0061f3f32d0c-dmarc-requ...@ieee.org writes: .  From my perspective the NA Recognition of component safety provides a unique building block capability for mfgrs in that the same components do not need to

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-04 Thread John Woodgate
In message f0bbd00eaeb04a47b2cd56eace4fb...@blupr02mb116.namprd02.prod.outlook.com , dated Wed, 3 Sep 2014, Brian Oconnell oconne...@tamuracorp.com writes: There is no mutual recognition requirement among NRTLs, That seems to be a recipe for chaos. Mutual recognition is a very strong

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-04 Thread John Woodgate
In message 54079132.7070...@ieee.org, dated Wed, 3 Sep 2014, Richard Nute ri...@ieee.org writes: The manufacturer hasn't been damaged by the cert house, so there is nothing that a lawyer can recover on behalf or the manufacturer. Well, that's arguable. Time has been lost. Dollars have been

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-04 Thread John Woodgate
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

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-04 Thread Tyra, John
but they have their own criteria on what is required in this case. -Original Message- From: John Woodgate [mailto:j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 5:27 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue In message f0bbd00eaeb04a47b2cd56eace4fb

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-04 Thread Nyffenegger, Dave
: 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

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-04 Thread Nyffenegger, Dave
: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 5:27 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue In message f0bbd00eaeb04a47b2cd56eace4fb...@blupr02mb116.namprd02.prod.outlook.com , dated Wed, 3 Sep 2014, Brian Oconnell oconne...@tamuracorp.com writes: There is no mutual recognition

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-04 Thread John Woodgate
In message 92dfdeb9614f468a9db0cb3301143...@bn1pr08mb202.namprd08.prod.outlook.com , dated Thu, 4 Sep 2014, Tyra, John john_t...@bose.com writes: Brian is 100% correct in that NRTL's are within their right to reject certifications and or test reports from other NRTL labs. There is an NRTL

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-04 Thread Tyra, John
/CBTL expertise varies greatly depending on which lab you choose. -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

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-04 Thread jral...@productsafetyinc.com
...@bose.com] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2014 8:01 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue NRTL's are like doctors. Just because someone has a medical degree does not mean they are good doctors. Same with NRTL's in my experience. Just because they are accredited

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-04 Thread John Woodgate
In message 2CF77CABFB3BC045B2724A8EF4182E7310324D46E0@P3PW5EX1MB13.EX1.SECURESERVER .NET, dated Thu, 4 Sep 2014, jral...@productsafetyinc.com jral...@productsafetyinc.com writes: Don't forget we are dealing with Registered Trademarks. The NRTLs have complete discretion over who is allowed to

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-04 Thread Richard Nute
Hi John: On 9/4/2014 8:52 AM, jral...@productsafetyinc.com wrote: Is it that NRTLs don't trust each other's data? Or is the pink elephant in the room revenue and market share?? The issue is revenue (profits). If the NRTL performs ALL of the tests, the revenue is higher and the profits

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-04 Thread jral...@productsafetyinc.com
: Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue Hi John: On 9/4/2014 8:52 AM, jral...@productsafetyinc.com wrote: Is it that NRTLs don't trust each other's data? Or is the pink elephant in the room revenue and market share?? The issue is revenue (profits). If the NRTL performs ALL of the tests

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-04 Thread dward
[mailto:j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, September 4, 2014 9:40 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue In message 2CF77CABFB3BC045B2724A8EF4182E7310324D46E0@P3PW5EX1MB13.EX1.SECURESERVER .NET, dated Thu, 4 Sep 2014, jral...@productsafetyinc.com jral

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-04 Thread John Woodgate
In message 004e01cfc86b$6490a290$2db1e7b0$@pctestlab.com, dated Thu, 4 Sep 2014, dward dw...@pctestlab.com writes: But, if you go to one test house in one country and another test house in that same country, even in Europe, I am sure you will find that they do not all 'accept' each others

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-04 Thread Brian Oconnell
@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue Hi John: On 9/4/2014 8:52 AM, jral...@productsafetyinc.com wrote: Is it that NRTLs don't trust each other's data? Or is the pink elephant in the room revenue and market share?? The issue is revenue (profits). If the NRTL performs ALL

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-04 Thread Kevin Robinson
to harmonized interpretations?? -Original Message- From: Richard Nute [mailto:ri...@ieee.org] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2014 12:10 PM To: jral...@productsafetyinc.com; EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue Hi John: On 9/4/2014 8:52 AM, jral

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-04 Thread John Woodgate
In message CADYqxLChbO-RFt2pTTSRP6Am9+SJcRhwgp7iuDmvtyhPCNo8=a...@mail.gmail.com, dated Thu, 4 Sep 2014, Kevin Robinson kevinrobinso...@gmail.com writes: The NRTL Program applies ONLY to end products used in the workplace.  It does not apply to component power supplies, plastic materials

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-04 Thread Tyra, John
=AFQjCNEzvrstbhagDtDQkLT1HmOlHk3zug -Original Message- From: John Woodgate [mailto:j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2014 2:34 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue In message 004e01cfc86b$6490a290$2db1e7b0$@pctestlab.com, dated Thu

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-04 Thread John Woodgate
In message c8bf8e4aa3b145658432b55fa8948...@bn1pr08mb202.namprd08.prod.outlook.com , dated Thu, 4 Sep 2014, Tyra, John john_t...@bose.com writes: India is a member if the CB scheme yet they will not accept CB certifications and reports for the recent mandatory certification scheme that was

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-04 Thread Tyra, John
...@ieee.orgmailto:ri...@ieee.org] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2014 12:10 PM To: jral...@productsafetyinc.commailto:jral...@productsafetyinc.com; EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORGmailto:EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue Hi John: On 9/4/2014 8:52 AM, jral

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-04 Thread Brian Oconnell
'recognition' to see if the scoped standard was on the NRTL list. Brian From: Kevin Robinson [mailto:kevinrobinso...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2014 12:15 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue I do want to chime in here on a few issues

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-04 Thread Tyra, John
@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue In message c8bf8e4aa3b145658432b55fa8948...@bn1pr08mb202.namprd08.prod.outlook.com , dated Thu, 4 Sep 2014, Tyra, John john_t...@bose.com writes: India is a member if the CB scheme yet they will not accept CB certifications

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-04 Thread Kevin Robinson
] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2014 12:15 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue I do want to chime in here on a few issues to stop any misconceptions about the NRTL program. First a disclaimer, in my former life, I worked for an NRTL, I now work

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-04 Thread sudhakar wasnik
India is a CB scheme member, However the Mandatory (Compulsory) registration of ITE and A/V products is a national registration scheme. As it is the national scheme, India insist on in-country testing at BIS( Bureau of Indian Standards) certified labs. The applicable standard is BIS ...

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-04 Thread Boštjan Glavič
are applied. I think it is just a politics and money collection. Best regards, Bostjan From: sudhakar wasnik [mailto:008dfaa51ca2-dmarc-requ...@ieee.org] Sent: Friday, September 05, 2014 3:27 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue India is a CB scheme

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-03 Thread John Woodgate
In message 007501cfc6f7$be0b7f40$3a227dc0$@cs.com, dated Tue, 2 Sep 2014, Pete Perkins 0061f3f32d0c-dmarc-requ...@ieee.org writes: The cert lab enginer, however, wants full pedigree papers for the batteries citing which clause of which standard? - which the mfgr feels is not

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-03 Thread Brian Oconnell
...@jmwa.demon.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 11:11 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue In message 007501cfc6f7$be0b7f40$3a227dc0$@cs.com, dated Tue, 2 Sep 2014, Pete Perkins 0061f3f32d0c-dmarc-requ...@ieee.org writes: The cert lab

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-03 Thread John Woodgate
In message b17a1c7235ca48aeb5ff6a4c66495...@blupr02mb116.namprd02.prod.outlook.com , dated Wed, 3 Sep 2014, Brian Oconnell oconne...@tamuracorp.com writes: Welcome to the North American compliance landscape where the NRTL/SCC/NOM process allows an agency to cite 'internal' policy and the

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-03 Thread Brian Oconnell
recognition requirement among NRTLs, but some individual agencies have had MRAs for some stuff. Brian -Original Message- From: John Woodgate [mailto:j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 11:31 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-03 Thread Richard Nute
On 9/3/2014 11:31 AM, John Woodgate wrote: In message b17a1c7235ca48aeb5ff6a4c66495...@blupr02mb116.namprd02.prod.outlook.com , dated Wed, 3 Sep 2014, Brian Oconnell oconne...@tamuracorp.com writes: Welcome to the North American compliance landscape where the NRTL/SCC/NOM process allows an

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-03 Thread Nyffenegger, Dave
: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 6:08 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue On 9/3/2014 11:31 AM, John Woodgate wrote: In message b17a1c7235ca48aeb5ff6a4c66495...@blupr02mb116.namprd02.prod.outlook.c om , dated Wed, 3 Sep 2014, Brian Oconnell oconne

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-03 Thread Richard Nute
On 9/3/2014 3:16 PM, Nyffenegger, Dave wrote: 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. -Dave Yes, but such reviews only

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-03 Thread Brian Oconnell
: [PSES] Battery certification issue On 9/3/2014 3:16 PM, Nyffenegger, Dave wrote: 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

[PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-02 Thread Pete Perkins
PSNet, Working with a client who is caught in a battery certification issue during a product certification. This product uses Ni-metal hydride rechargable batteries. All the certification focus seemed to have moved to Li based batteries with not a lot of concern for

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-02 Thread Brian Oconnell
-dmarc-requ...@ieee.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 2:49 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: [PSES] Battery certification issue PSNet, Working with a client who is caught in a battery certification issue during a product certification. This product uses Ni-metal

Re: [PSES] Battery certification issue

2014-09-02 Thread Leber, Jody (Suwanee)
02, 2014 5:49 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: [PSES] Battery certification issue PSNet, Working with a client who is caught in a battery certification issue during a product certification. This product uses Ni-metal hydride rechargable batteries. All