Hello Mr. Waldron: The way I understand this issue:
It is not required that Bellcore GR-1089-CORE testing be done at an NRTL. To my knowledge, Bellcore themselves are not even an NRTL. However, Bellcore specifies that equipment on the customer premises must be listed with an NRTL. I understand also that many RBOC's require that their equipment be listed with an NRTL. (Does OSHA require that RBOC's list their equipment with an NRTL?? I don't know.) If I understand correctly, the aim of the Bellcore standards is not safety, but reliability. They go hand in hand in that a lightning strike, for instance, will potentially harm the user as well as equipment. I am searching for a list of NRTL's I saw once in CE magazine...there are 7 or 9 if I remember correctly, here are some of them: UL, CSA, ETL, Factory Mutual, etc... Hope this helps, and I hope someone from the list will verify this answer, and answer the question: Does OSHA require that RBOC's list their equipment with an NRTL? All known disclaimers apply. Mel Pedersen Midcom, Inc. Homologations Engineer Phone: (605) 882-8535 [email protected] Fax: (605) 886-6752 ---------- From: MLWaldron[SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 27, 1998 7:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Bellcore 1089 ? Is it required that Bellcore 1089 testing be conducted at an NRTL approved lab? (Products would be sold to BROC's) Does this pertain only to specific portions of the testing or to the whole program? Would it be possible to obtain a listing of labs that are capable of providing this testing? (US based labs only) What are the costs invloved with this testing? Thank you, M. Waldron
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