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 The
ETL Listed Mark is an equally powerful alternative to the CSA and UL
marks in terms of safety standards compliance. ETL Testing Laboratories
has been conducting electrical performance and reliability tests since
1896. Intertek Testing Services (ITS) acquired ETL from Inchcape in
1996. ITS is recognized by OSHA as a Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory (NRTL), just as the Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and
Canadian Standards Association (CSA) and several other independent
organizations are recognized.
ITS tests products according to nearly 200 safety and performance
standards. The ETL Listed Mark and C-ETL Listed Mark are accepted
throughout the United States and Canada when denoting compliance with
nationally recognized standards such as ANSI, IEC, UL, and CSA.
The ETL Listed certification mark indicates that the product has been
tested to meet the minimum requirements of a widely recognized or
consensus in the other word, U.S. product safety standard, that the
manufacturing site has been audited, and that the applicant has agreed
to a program in which periodic factory follow-up inspections will be
conducted to verify continued conformance and compliance. The ETL mark
has several variations. If the mark includes a small US and/or C, it
follows product safety standards of United States and/or Canada,
respectively.
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