Lamps exported to North America:
North American market: US ETL certification, US FCC certification, UL certification, US California CEC certification, US and Canada cULus certification, US and Canada cTUVus certification, US and Canada cETLus certification, US and Canada cCSAus certification .
The basic selection standard for North American certification of LED lights is basically the UL standard, and the ETL certification standard is UL1993+UL8750; and the UL certification standard for LED lights is 1993+UL8750+UL1598C, which is to certify the lamp bracket together.
Energy efficiency test:
In terms of energy consumption requirements in the United States, LED bulbs and LED lamps have not been included in the scope of control. The California region requires portable LED luminaires to meet California's special requirements for energy consumption.
Generally speaking, there are six major requirements: ENERGYSTAR energy efficiency certification, Lighting Facts Label energy efficiency certification, DLC energy efficiency certification, FTC energy efficiency label, California energy efficiency requirements, and Canadian energy efficiency testing requirements.
1) ENERGYSTAR energy efficiency certification
The ENERGY STAR logo was created by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) to ensure that the energy efficiency of listed products meets regulatory requirements, but it is a voluntary testing certification.
At present, for LED light bulb products, Energy Star Lampsprogram V1.1 and the latest version V2.0 can be adopted, but from January 2, 2017, Lampsprogram V2.0 must be adopted; for LED lamps and lanterns, the Energy Star test requires the version Luminaire program V2.0 has officially entered into force on June 1, 2016.
There are three main types of applicable LED bulbs: non-directional lights, directional lights and non-standard lights. ENERGY STAR has strict requirements on the related optoelectronic parameters, flicker frequency and lumen maintenance and life of LED bulbs. The test method refers to two standards of LM-79 and LM-80.
In the new ENERGY STAR light bulb LampV2.0, the light efficiency requirements of the light bulb have been greatly improved, the product performance and scope have been broadened, and the classification level of energy efficiency and performance has been increased. EPA will continue to focus on power factor, dimming, flicker, accelerated aging solutions and connected products.
2) Lighting Facts Label energy efficiency certification
It is a voluntary energy efficiency labeling project announced by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), currently only for LED lighting products. According to the requirements, the real performance parameters of the product are disclosed from five aspects: lumen lm, initial light effect lm/W, input power W, correlated color temperature CCT, and color rendering index CRI. The scope of LED lighting products applicable to this project is: complete lamps powered by AC mains or DC power, low-voltage 12V AC or DC lamps, LED lamps with detachable power supply, linear or modular products.
3) Energy efficiency certification of DLC
The full name of the DLC is "The Design Lights Consortium". A voluntary energy efficiency certification program initiated by the Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP) in the United States, the DLC certified product catalog is used throughout the United States not yet covered by the "ENERGYSTAR" standard
Post time: Jul-13-2022