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Es realmente muy complejo establecer
normas que protejan a los usuarios de
todas las posibles condiciones de fallo. No
obstante sí que han sido estudiados diversos
requisitos para proporcionar los niveles
fundamentales de seguridad al usuario.
El cumplimiento de los requisitos de
seguridad eléctrica es un concepto general
utilizado para describir los procedimientos
de ensayo de productos que el fabricante
tiene que pasar para poder declararse
seguro y poder vender a los consumidores
dentro de unos países específicos. Son
muchos los países que tienen sus propios
procedimientos de ensayo y cuyas
restricciones deben ser cumplidas por todo
aquel producto que desee venderse en ese
país.
A menudo son los organismos de
certificación los que establecen los límites
de cumplimiento de estos procedimientos
de ensayo. Ellos, como contrapartida,
proporcionan su sello de aprobación,
conocido como logo de certificación.
Algunos de estos organismos se muestran en
la siguiente tabla.
It is difficult to set standards that protect
users from all possible fault conditions, but
many requirements have been established to
provide fundamental levels of user safety.
Electrical safety compliance is a general term
used to describe the testing procedures a
manufacturer’s product must pass in order to
be declared safe to sell to consumers within
specific countries. Many countries around
the world have their own test procedures to
which electrical products must comply.
More often than not, regulatory agencies
establish these compliance test procedures.
They in turn provide their seal of approval,
known as an agency listing, to a product
that meets their standards. Let’s see some of
them here below.
British Standards Institute (BSI). Often called the
“kite mark” UK
PSE approval mark required by the Electrical
Appliance and Material Safety Law (DENAN).
JAPAN
The EMKO co-operation is an agreement for the
Nordic test and certification bodies. DEMKO
DENMARK
GOST standard – GOST certification is mandatory for
a wide range of products.
RUSSIA
NEMKO
NORWAY
VDE
GERMANY
SEMKO
SWEDEN
The ENEC mark (European Norms Electrical
Certification) is a European product certification
mark which is based on testing to harmonized testing
European standards The nr. shown to the right of the
mark indicates country member
SETI
FINLAND
The GS mark is a German certification mark controlled
by the German Ministry of Labor.
It is a voluntary mark.
OVE
AUSTRIA
SEV
SWITZERLAND
IMQ
ITALY
KEMA
NETHERLANDS
CE
EUROPE
CQC
CHINA
Underwriters Laboratory US
Canadian Standards Agency.
CSA has US recognition since 1986
CANADA
Electrical safty regulatory compliance
Marco regulatorio de la seguridad electrica
