Certifications required to sell a new electronic product
Certifications required to sell a new electronic product
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There are no safety certifications in the United States! There is only voluntary product listings by a NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TESTING LABORATORY. (NRTL). UL/CSA/TUV etc.
Some cities require a listing for products offered for sale in their jurisdiction, but very few do. If you’re an employer you are legally required to provide your employees with products that are NRTL listed. But you can sell an unlisted product to whoever you wish.
Lord help you if you sell unlisted products in the United States and it hurts someone or burns down their home, you will certainly be seeing the inside of a court room.
A big distinction between FCC and Safety is the FCC is legally required and must have certification BEFORE you can even offer it for sale.
When you, as an individual, buys products from China (for example) for resell you are the importer of record and are liable for the product, as if you manufactured it.
I personally would never purchase (import) products that are powered from the mains (115/220v). Imagine when your insurance adjust is sifting thru the ash’s of you home and determined the cause was a gizmo you bought from China… guess what that’s going to involve some serious discussions with your insurance provider. Insurance companies are your friend when collecting payments but when a claim comes in they bring out the back room boys to legally look for ways to deny your claim.
Excellent!
Thank you!
Thanks for the clarifiying video, it really helped making things about product certification clear.
But what about the exemption from doing the certifications in case of small sales tests of few hundred units (in case of unintentional radiator and not connected to mains)? How this thing is regulated and what are the conditions? Can you please share any resources about this point?
Mark it with CE, then the manufacturer ensures that it complies with European standards.
Fantastic video. This was exactly what I was looking for! If your design uses a lithium battery what what certification would you need to for small sales tests?
thanks a lot for this great illustration 😊, i have designed a product and it contains wireless functionality (GPS and 4G antennas) would you please recommend a 3rd party company to test these antennas performance for me and suggest for fine tuning ?
So if I were to sell an RC car for instance, how much could I expect to pay in certification fees(roughly)?
Great video thank you.
thanks!
Is there an international certification
This is incredible not many channels cover the regulatory process of engineering now I have a better idea of the flow, build a product with a set of certifications in mind, validate the product commercially, then get it certified.
Also, you mentioned that you are allowed to sell and ship these products under the first few hundred units without any certification?
I’m wondering if you build a product, with parts that have already been certified, do you need to certify the end product ?
Let’s say I pre-built computers with off the shelf parts, does it need to be certified ?
I still hear in my head this awful melody that old 2G GSM phones induced in all sound amplifiers: from wired telephones, radios, to car audio system, that was the most annoying because one was left with only one choice, to turn off the music, not move the accursed GSM phone away from you did not even begin to guess what part of the car that you are riding.
That is awesome specially last bonus tip otherwise, I assumed that businesses are much harder. Where we can have FCC intentional radiators classification and how much units are excluded for sales trial?
Great video! One question about the sales test: do I have to declare these products as part of a test? These sales test units won’t have a proper FCC ID, and so in theory could be cited by the FCC, correct? Is there some sort of an official declaration or paperwork that should be shipped with the product? Thx!
Currently using an FCC certified ESP32. So for the device, you’re saying I can wait until after I’ve made 100+ units before doing any certifications? And these 100 units, what level of molding should they be? We’re planning on doing injection molding so is it ok to do the certifications after we’ve opened the mold (which we’ll need to do to make the 100 units). Or is it risky to do certifications after started molding?
Thanks for the awesome video again, and for listening to our suggestions! This was super useful!
What’s your opinion on ISCET certifications?
AWESOME VIDEOS!!! I am spending all day today watching your videos on electronics / production / commercial sales. THANK YOU. 🙂
What if its IR instead of RF? Excellent video too btw! very clear!
That was great ! Thank you for the in depth explanation of the required certifications and for clearing many things up ! Especially after the last bonus tip : there is hope ! 🤗
It’s a shame that the barrier of entry of these certs keeps so many people from either launching their product or needing funding so high they loose control of their company. Especially now that getting pcbs and parts are so easy to get logistically.
Is WEEE a certification and/or required? It’s the trash can icon that’s X’d out
Do I need to state somewhere that the product we sell as a manufacturer is part of a sales test? Can I find some more information about the sales test?
I think i will finally sleep well again after watching your video! 😄 Thank you so much!
Thanks for a very instructive video. Can FCC emissions certification be avoided if the MPU clock, even if greater than 9KHz, comes from an internal oscillator (i.e. on the MPU die or at least within the device package), is not exposed on a device pin, and by (software) design, no device pins will toggle above 9KHz?
Hey John! I loved te bonus tip & I can see in the comments that other people too! Quick questions: If the device is not certified, what is the process for the sale to customers? Would you suggest making a form or stating that the device is still a "protrotype" to raise awareness for the customer & derisk it for the entrepreneurs? Can the device be sold through normal sales channel (ex: through the companies standard website/e-commerce) or is there a recommended approach?
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Hi! Thank you so much for your video. I have a question for you that maybe you can help me. If I want to commercialize electronic components and printed circuit boards and sell them overseas, what type of certification do I need?
One comment about Safety regulation– an alternative to UL compliance testing is ETL SEMKO (Electrical Testing Laboratories)- an alternative OSHA-recognized NRTL (Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory). Supposedly a lower cost alternative to UL certification. OSHA accredited in 1989.
Excellent presentation. What kind of safety certifcation do one for phone wall chargers. How much would it cost? I was about getting a wall charger for retail market and they need a safety complaince certificate for the peoduct. Does it worth do you have the cost and which company perfoms the tests
Thanks for sharing this informations and simplifying it four us. Your courses aren’t in my budget meanwhile the other content is helping me a lot. As you can tell if your academy is’t in my budget the certification’s arent eather. (I’m just high school student who wants to make a tiny affordable product four small market withou any considerable profits just to create a competition and drive prices down. Witch is possible if i don’t need to pay the certification.) My product needs to be very small witch comprimizes use of esp32 modules so the product is going to fall under the intentional radiators category and i can’t afford even certification four use of lithium battery. My initial idea was to sell the electronics and the enclosure as separate parts and does selling just component’s witch, as i hope, do not need certification. Do you have any tips other than don’t doing it?
Thank you so much, this was incredibly helpful! I assume the bonus tip also counts for devices that run off a certified 12V wall charger/supply?