The first and easiest place to start in understanding whether your product will comply is to look at its overall construction. Because we are dealing with lighting products and the carrying of electrical current over metal conducting material, or “live” current-carrying parts, you should always ensure that you’ve used a corrosion resistant metal or alloy such as silver, copper, copper alloy, plated iron or steel, or stainless steel. This may seem obvious to the product designer, but there are many products submitted each year to the major NRTLs that fail compliance on this basis alone.
The UK has left the EU, and the transition period comes to an end on the 31st December 2020. For information on what you'll need to do from 1 January 2021, read:
Placing manufactured goods on the market in Great Britain from 1 January 2021
Placing manufactured goods on the market in Northern Ireland from 1 January 2021
Placing manufactured goods on the EU market from 1 January 2021
Using the UKCA mark from 1 January 2021
Conformity assessment bodies: change of status from 1 January 2021
We work with all of the NRTLs—UL, Intertech, CSA, TUV, QPS and MET. Our job is to help you achieve certification for all of your products. We can tell you exactly what you need to make those products pass. We begin by converting your documentation into the correct forms and formats. Our other services include: design review from concept, complete paragraph-by-paragraph evaluation, preliminary testing, and submittal management. Our relationships with all of the NRTLs are phenomenally good, and we have learned the secrets of how to get compliance done.
