UL and Other Labs

[jmellc]

A former boss used to have a list of labs approved by the State of NC to list electrical products. I recall looking it over and not seeing any name I recognized. I suppose it was issued by Department of Insurance, as they are our main oversight agency in this state. Naturally, UL is the lab everyone knows and loves or hates. By far the best known.
Does any NC person here have that same list?

 

[roger]

www.ncosfm.gov/media/488/open

 

[Dkimbro]

i use Eurofins - MET Labs, Josh Hunt <joshh@certifigroup.com> at Thermofisher to do site UL inspections on our equipment.

 

[Jraef]

OSHA maintains a list of qualified NRTLs (Nationally Recognized Testing Labs) as well, most states just use that list. If you lose this link, you can always just use your search engine to look for “osha nrtl list”, it’s easy to find again.

OSHA's Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) Program - Current List of NRTLs | Occupational Safety and Health Administration

www.osha.gov

 

[rbalex]

One thing to note: not all of the NRTLs are FedOHSA approved to certify all products. Some are very limited to a few product lines. The link Jraef gave will have further links to the scopes of the individual NRTL. UL and CSA have the broadest scopes; however, several of them can cover most products.
In a few cases, local jurisdictions may recognize additional or fewer test labs, be careful that they don’t conflict with FedOSHA’s jurisdiction.

 

[roger]

Actually the NC link also breaks each lab down to the categories they can list/label