Compliance News You Can Use – November 2014

Getting a Safety Mark is Never as Straightforward as it Seems Most of our discussions with clients begin like this: “I need to get a UL mark on my product, but it should be pretty easy because all of the major components have a UL mark…”, or...

Compliance News You Can Use – October 2014

Huge Changes Are Coming To The NRTL Program It’s being called a “Directive”. Since when? Are we being influenced by our EU counterparts? They are aligning the requirements with ISO/IEC17025 and 17065. More EU and international influence! Some NRTLs...

Compliance News You Can Use – July 2014

Compliance Tip: Designating the Correct Driver Can Save Time and Money LED Drivers have always been in the Recognized Component program at UL. One problem is being able to use multiple suppliers of Drivers without having temperature testing being repeated. UL was...

Compliance News You Can Use – February 2014

Compliance Tip: Non-Compliant Spacings Have you ever had non-compliant spacings? This is also called Creepage and Clearances. Call it what you want, when you don’t have the right distance between certain parts (see below), you need to take action. Uninsulated...

Compliance News You Can Use – December 2013

Compliance Tip: Write the NRTL Descriptive Report in Your Favor Before the NRTL finishes their work, it is highly recommended you review the descriptive report so you don’t back yourself into a compliance nightmare. In the report, components of your product are...