Britsh Columbia Safety approval and sticker

Don't know what was unclear to you, you need a CSA label, and you need to contact them to learn the testing procedure. If you have, in fact, never heard of the CSA I suspect you are in the wrong business...

Not necessarily. We have the CE around here. And the last time I delivered to Canada, they didn't ask for this. And now I don't need CSA, another approved certification is sufficient. Now where would I have to ask what other certifications are approved ? My customer is the wrong adress to ask, they just have this phrase on the form.

Rene

There's a good chance UL would be applicable. It would be worth contacting them. UL and CSA do have some cross certification agreements.

BC Hydro might be able to do the required certification as well. That would likely be narrower than CSA/UL. The latter are likely to cover North America or at least the US and Canada.

Robert

Thanks Robert, UL would be overkill. It is mall stuff, small volume. The European CE is not accepted ? I'd rather skip the deal if it becomes too complicated.

Rene

"Rene Tschaggelar"

Very important to know that as it affects the legal requirement to be safety approved at all.

If it is some piece of inherently dangerous, high voltage lab equipment then the usual safety approval process is not even possible.

...... Phil

I don't know if CE is likely to be accepted. For small volumes my inclination would be to check if BC Hydro would approve it. Provincial Hydro utilities have done this for lab equipment. Not having done it I don't know how cumbersome it is but my impression was that it was meant for approval of installations where large volumes were not expected.

Robert

RL

"legg"

That is for electrical equipment, electrical wiring and AC supply installations.

Not for electronic devices or appliances

It also alludes to "regulated products"...

The OP has to find out if HIS mysterious contraption is one of them.

......... Phil

I think that's the idea they have in mind........

You never know. Check to see if whoever determined your product was in fact 'CE' is accredited to the Standards Council of Canada. It's not that big a stretch for larger agencies or test labs.

RL

Find better one. This link lists ALL BCSA regs.

The OP's client drives this issue.

RL

CE for Europe, CSA for Canada, UL for the US. These are fairly equivalent, some details differ. There are equivalents for many other locations and many developing nations just accept any of the big three.