The Importance of ETL Certificates
2017-06-04 11:24:31
Many manufacturers of the mainland will now apply for a variety of certification lamps, which have to mention is the ETL certification.
The so-called ETL, Electrical Testing Laboratories, meaning the US electronic test laboratory. This experiment was created by Mr. Edison in 1896 and is so famous in the United States. And CS (the world's most authoritative, but also the world engaged in safety testing and identification of large civil institutions), CSA (Canadian Standards Association, Canada is the first for the development of industry-standard non-profit institutions), as ETL After certification, that is equal to the product in the United States and Canada, of course, the premise is in the UL and CSA benchmark.
ETL is a pass, when your electrical, mechanical, light bulb has ETL logo, it shows that they have the export of US and Canadian export qualification; and in order to ensure product quality, they will be regularly checked.
ETL also requires that its production site has been tested and the applicant agrees to carry out regular follow-up inspections of its plant to ensure that the product is always in compliance with this requirement.
About the process of applying for ETL
1 week or so of the pre-test, open the file and verify the cost of about 1 week, 1 week witness test, no problem, then the next supplier will be on the line review, after the factory will be able to test, the whole month or so.
Information required to apply for ETL certification:
1, with a schematic circuit schematic
2, printed circuit layout, part location map, if the previous certification has not this process
3, with the name of the factory, trademark, model, parameters, safety warning language of the English manual
4, the type of difference statement (if the same series of multiple models, must be clearly tired of the similarities and differences between the models must be signed.)
5, product installation structure (Please specify the parts number and parts name.)
6, the key parts list, fill out a series of each.
7, a copy of the certificate of the important components related to safety (refer to the "key parts list" requirements to provide a certificate, and to check the certificate number, the parameters and the actual sample is consistent.
At present, through this verification of the LED manufacturers are not many, if you want to buy a number of products and then sold to the United States and Canada, please look for suppliers with ETL LED logo.
