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  N ew U.S. Department of Energy regulations for Battery Chargers     The U.S. Department of Energy began regulating Consumer Battery Chargers that are manufactured and offered for sale in  June 13th, 2018. Products like Laptops, tablets, Power tools, Headphones and speakers fall into the definition of a regulated products that require testing and certification in the DoE CCMS database. DoE CCMS database open for Product Certification and registration. That meant that all the products and devices that has battery chargers inside the device must be registered in the database. Products that require approval from Federal Food and Drugs Administration as a life supporting device are exempt from the rule.  (section 513 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360(c)). Battery Chargers must be tested for energy consumption specified at: 10 CFR 430, Subpart B, Appendix Y. The Department of Energy has established regulations on compliance...

  Why Perform Compliance Testing? compliance certification Testing ensures that products released into the market are certified to meet safety Standards and Code requirements for installation. The following sections give an overview of the Standards and Codes that must be used to evaluate a product for certification. Standards, NRTL   Standards testing is performed by a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) authorized by the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) to identify third-party organizations for the United States. There are many NRTL agencies of which Underwriters Laboratory (UL), TUV Rheinland, Intertek (ETL) and others are accredited members. NRTLs directly benefit you by : ·         Easing your burden in ensuring manufacturers and building owners comply with building codes, electrical safety codes, municipal codes, and fire codes. ·         Condu...

  BATTERIES GONE WRONG – ASSESSMENT, MITIGATION, AND EXPECTATIONS   A Review of Options to Improve Lithium Battery Safety Performance   In the world of product safety consulting in USA , it could be said that there are two basic approaches to risk mitigation, proactive and reactive, with proactive being the preferred choice. Most would agree with the adage that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” but in truth, this oversimplifies the reality in which product manufacturers operate. As with most things in life, things are rarely black and white but rather a continuous spectrum of shades of gray. To this, there are many competing aspects in all commercial product ventures. Could you make a product that was fully reliable under all conditions? Perhaps, but the odds are that it would be a commercial failure as it would take an inordinate amount of time to produce and be prohibitively expensive. In today’s market, the traditional characteristics of safety...