Ron, you can break down the requirements into two areas: the consumer market and the business market. As you have already noted, OSHA regulations governs the business market. So, all ITE in the work place must be Listed. There are also some special additional requirements in the earthquake belt along the west coast, mostly aimed at the physical securing of equipment. For the consumer market, the state of Maryland has a law in place requiring safety approvals as does LA, the county of LA, Orange county and San Fransisco. The latter requires a fee to register your equipment with the local officials who monitor the marketplace. I have always heard rummors about New York (city or state?) and Chicago having similar laws. Once you learn all about this, I suggest that you post the results.
Richard Woods Sensormatic Electronics [email protected] Views expressed by the author do not necessarily represent those of Sensormatic. > ---------- > From: [email protected][SMTP:[email protected]] > Reply To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 7:01 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Query: US safety required for ITE? > > To all that are fairly intimate with US safety requirements, > > Here are some curiosity questions that have been nagging at me for a > while: > > Other than what can be found in the National Electric Code (Article > 800-4, I > believe), the 1910 OSHA regulations and virtually all municipality > electric > codes (NEC clones) throughout the US, what specific requirements are > there that > positively and unequivicably require NRTL Listing of ITE specifically, > whether > with telecommunications features or not, before they can be put into > service > (if I may borrow a phrase from the EU's EMCD)? > > Are there additional OSHA and other regulations that pertain to this > subject? > > I happen to be on a fact-finding expedition and would appreciate your > knowledge > and experience. > > Comments with or without requested references pertinent to this query > are, of > course, welcome and invited. > > Best regards, > Ron Pickard > [email protected] > > -------------------------------------------------------- > Some applicable(?) definitions from OSHA regulation 29 CFR 1910.399: > (a) Definitions applicable to 1910.302 through 1910.330 - > > "Acceptable." An installation or equipment is acceptable to the Assistant > > Secretary of Labor, and approved within the meaning of this Subpart S: > > (i) If it is accepted, or certified, or listed, or labeled, or otherwise > determined to be safe by a nationally recognized testing laboratory;" > > ..... > > "Equipment." A general term including material, fittings, devices, > appliances, > fixtures, apparatus, and the like, used as a part of, or in connection > with, an > electrical installation. > > "Accepted." An installation is "accepted" if it has been inspected and > found by > a nationally recognized testing laboratory to conform to specified plans > or to > procedures of applicable codes. > > "Certified." Equipment is "certified" if it (a) has been tested and found > by a > nationally recognized testing laboratory to meet nationally recognized > standards or to be safe for use in a specified manner, or (b) is of a > kind > whose production is periodically inspected by a nationally recognized > testing > laboratory, and (c) it bears a label, tag, or other record of > certification. > > "Labeled." Equipment is "labeled" if there is attached to it a label, > symbol, > or other identifying mark of a nationally recognized testing laboratory > which, > (a) makes periodic inspections of the production of such equipment, and > (b) > whose labeling indicates compliance with nationally recognized standards > or > tests to determine safe use in a specified manner. > > "Listed." Equipment is "listed" if it is of a kind mentioned in a list > which, > (a) is published by a nationally recognized laboratory which makes > periodic > inspection of the production of such equipment, and (b) states such > equipment > meets nationally recognized standards or has been tested and found safe > for use > in a specified manner. > > > > --------- > This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. > To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] > with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the > quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], or > [email protected] (the list administrators). > --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators).
