Sourced heater with CE Certification can it be sold in US? 2

[waynethepain]

Hi All,

We have sourced a electrical water heater with CE certification, but would like to sell it in the US where do we stand on the legal/certification side? As it is not our product we have basically just put our name on it.

Thanks in advance,
Wayne.

 

[DRWeig]

You really need UL or equivalent (CSA, TUV, whatever). CE is not recognized as a "listed product" here.

Best to you,

Goober Dave

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[jraef]

CE is considered "self certification" done by the manufacturer so is not acceptable here. You need listing from what is called an NRTL (Nationally Recognized Testing Lab), a list of which can be found here. UL is the most commonly accepted one, some local jurisdictions, usually large megalopolises like New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, etc., may add other local requirements, especially on household major appliances like water heaters.

If you want to include Canada, their rules are similar, but not the same. You usually need CSA or a "Canadian" acceptable reciprocal version of one of the others, such as cUL (the C is for Canada).


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[mcgyvr]

And the company that makes the heater should add you to their listing report since you are private labeling..

http://services.ul.com/service/multiple-listing-and-private-labeling/

 

[zappedagain]

UL isn't required in the USA like CE is for the EU. That's why the NRTLs suggested by jraef can be applied in the USA and CA. What do your customers want? Will the UL Mark mean more sales?

Z

 

[mcgyvr]

An NRTL "listed" mark (be it UL or Intertek or MET) will ensure you don't lose sales because of not having it.
I would think a listed water heater would be required by local codes in many if not all states.

The ONLY reason to specifically use UL (the company itself) is when your component could be included in someone elses "listed" assembly.
sadly, UL will NOT accept other NRTL companies test data when qualifying the whole system.. all other NRTL's will.

Typically we find Intertek to be MUCH easier/cheaper/quicker to work with.

We request UL and they throw in cUL/IEC/EN/CE/CB scheme for free.. Its typically just slight national differences.