UL sticker on illegal product?

[wyboy]

I have a medical cabinet that has an internal GFCI receptacle fed with a cord that needs to attach to a J box. The cord would be buried behind the wall and the box enclosing the GFCI is riveted closed. There is a UL sticker on this unit. How did this get approved. Is this legal?

 

[rbalex]

Go to this webpage and report your concern:

http://www.ul.com/global/eng/pages/offerings/perspectives/consumer/fieldreport/

UL is pretty responsive when the find their "bug" is misused.

 

[petersonra]

I have a medical cabinet that has an internal GFCI receptacle fed with a cord that needs to attach to a J box. The cord would be buried behind the wall and the box enclosing the GFCI is riveted closed. There is a UL sticker on this unit. How did this get approved. Is this legal?

Its hard for me to tell from your description but is it possible the thing is being misapplied? Could be the product is not appropriate for this particular installation.

 

[cowboyjwc]

It's getting pretty hard to forge a UL tag. They now even have a wallet card that you can carry that's got a little window in it so you can tell if the tag is real.

But I agree to bring up your concerns with UL the are very good about making sure that their labels are being used correctly. I had one that I questioned and UL ended up revoking this lighting manufactures approval.

 

[WirenutGP]

How do you get one of those wallet cards?

 

[cowboyjwc]

I got mine from the UL rep at our local IAEI meeting. I'm sure that if you called their customer service number they would send you one. It's called an "authenticator"

Here's an email address that's on the card, anticounterfeiting@us.ul.com