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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Allan,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">OSHA maintains the list of NRTL’s:
<a href="https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/nrtllist.html">https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/nrtllist.html</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">TUV Rheinland is included, but CE is not a NRTL – it is a manufacturer’s declaration of conformity (literally translated is European Conformity) to European requirements
for product conformity. As a manufacturers’ declaration, it is not a third party certification. I’d stay away from products that are CE, and not UL, TUV, CSA, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Allan Sindelar<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 26, 2016 2:56 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [RE-wrenches] NRTL certification question<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wrenches,<br>
And now for something completely different... are TUV Rheinland or CE module certifications valid yet in the US?<br>
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I was called to consult for an off grid client who had purchased 40 250W generic Chinese modules through a friend who got them on Ebay... yeah, right. I got to be the one to tell him that I didn't think his $6,000 purchase ($.60/watt) could be used in a permitted/inspected
system, as the modules lacked the proper NRTL certification on the label. I sure hope for his sake that I'm wrong, and I said I would ask here.
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These are Qunsheng New Energy, model QS-250P. No UL, ETL, CSA certification, just the ones above plus ISO.<br>
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Where can one find a list of NRTLs?<br>
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Thank you,<br>
Allan<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Allan Sindelar</b><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="mailto:allan@sindelarsolar.com"><u>allan@sindelarsolar.com</u></a></span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional<br>
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional<br>
New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician<br>
Founder (Retired), Positive Energy, Inc.<br>
<b>505 780-2738 cell</b><br>
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