Re: UL Approval vs. Others?

From: Spehro Pefhany (speffSNIP_at_interlogDOTyou.knowwhat)
Date: 01/31/05


Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:41:28 -0500

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:10:26 GMT, the renowned PaulCsouls
<paulcsouls@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>We usually went and got UL approved, but during the design phase, I
>would design to CSA. The UL documents were like $50 to 100, while CSA
>documents were $25. Not really much compared to the thousands for
>approval, but when your starting out on shoe-string budget and got a
>couple of years of design ahead of you, every little bit counts. You
>don't need approval until your ready for manufacturing. Hopefully by
>then you've got some market interest to justify the expense.

Did you ever run into a case where the requirements for UL were more
stringent than for CSA?

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

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