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12.  Certification

About CSA and NRTL

CSA (Canadian Standards Association also known as CSA International) was

established in 1919 as an independent testing laboratory in Canada. CSA received

its recognition as an NRTL (Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory) in 1992

from OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) in the United States of

America (Docket No. NRTL-2-92). This was expanded and renewed in 1997, 1999,

and 2001. The specific notifications were posted on OSHA’s official website as

follows:
• Federal Register #: 59:40602 - 40609 [08/09/1994]
• Federal Register #: 64:60240 - 60241 [11/04/1999]
• Federal Register #: 66:35271 - 35278 [07/03/2001]

When these marks appear with the indicator “C and US” or “NRTL/C” it means that

the product is certified for both the US and Canadian markets, to the applicable US

and Canadian standards. (1)

Alpha rectifier and power system products, bearing the aforementioned CSA marks,

are certified to CSA C22.2 No. 60950 and UL 60950. Alpha UPS products, bearing

the aforementioned CSA marks, are certified to CSA C22.2 No. 107.3 and UL 1778.

As part of the reciprocal, US/Canada agreement regarding testing laboratories,

the Standards Council of Canada (Canada’s national accreditation body) granted

Underwriters Laboratories (UL) authority to certify products for sale in Canada. (2)

Only Underwriters Laboratories may grant a licence for the use of this mark,

which indicates compliance with both Canadian and US

requirements. (3)

NRTLs capabilities

NRTLs are third party organizations recognized by OSHA, US

Department of Labor, under the NRTL program.

The testing and certifications are based on product safety

standards developed by US based standards developing

organizations and are often issued by the American National

Standards Institute (ANSI). (4)

The NRTL determines that a product meets the requirements

of an appropriate consensus-based product safety standard

either by successfully testing the product itself, or by

verifying that a contract laboratory has done so, and the NRTL certifies that the product meets the

requirements of the product safety standard. (4)

Governance of NRTL

The NRTL Program is both national and international in scope with foreign labs permitted.

(1) www.csa-international.org

(2) www.scc.ca

(3) www.ulc.ca

(4) www.osha.gov