Safety Standards

An Overview of Safety Standards

UL 62 Flexible Cords and Cables

UL62 - standard of flexible cords and cables . This standard specifies the requirements for flexible cords, elevator cables, and hoistway cables, rated 600 V maximum, it also contains performance and test requirements and marking etc.

UL817 UL Standard for Safety for Cord Sets and Power-Supply Cords

UL817-standard of Safety for Cord Sets and Power-Supply Cords. These requirements cover power-supply cords for use as supply connections for appliances in accordance with the National Electrical Code. Also cover cord sets for use in extending a branch circuit supply to the power-supply cord of a portable appliance by means of flexible cord in accordance with the National Electrical Code. This Standard also covers cord restraint devices.

UL444 Communication Cables

This standard applies to 60–250°C single-or multiple-conductor jacketed or unjacketed, integral or nonintegral cables and single or multiple coaxial cables for telephone and other communication circuits such as voice, data, and audio for on-premise customer systems. These cables are not prohibited from containing one or more optical fibre members. This standard does not apply to communication cords.

UL 758 Appliance Wiring Material

UL758-standard of appliance wiring material. This standard contains specific details of the conductors, of the insulation, of the jackets and other coverings, contains the testing method of performance. The standard includes. Manufacturing and production test and marking as well.

These requirements cover Appliance Wiring Material (AWM) in the form of single insulated conductors, multi-conductor cables, optical fibers, individual insulated conductors, and fiber optic members for use as components in multi-conductor cables.

UL 1581 Reference Standard for Electrical Wires, Cables, and Flexible Cords

This Standard contains specific details of the conductors, of the insulation, of the jackets and other coverings, and of the methods of sample preparation, of specimen selection and conditioning, and of measurement and calculation that are required in the Standards for Thermoset-Insulated Wires and Cables (UL 44), Thermoplastic-Insulated Wires and Cables (UL 83), Flexible Cord and Fixture Wire (UL 62), and Service-Entrance Cables (UL 854). Elements of this Standard are referenced in other requirements as well.