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Test Certificate for illuminated sign
We are supplying a simple box sign with standard tubes/electronic control gear.
The contractor on site has asked for ‘test certificate’ to be supplied
What does this mean?
Does anyone know what legally needs to be supplied?I hasten to add that we are not making this ourselves but buying off a fairly big supplier, but I cant seem to get an answer so far.
many thanks
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6 Replies
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By the look of your website I would have thought you’d know what to do.
Haven’t you got an electrician in your company 😉
Hopefully Graeme will see the post, he’s our UKsignboards spark. 😀
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No electrician in house sadly.
All these electrical regulations are rather stringent these days so I was just trying to find out what legally we had to do to comply.
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get the supplier to issue the certificate
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The sign box should be CE marked and issued with a declaration of conformity from your supplier.
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Many thanks for the replies but…
a) what are they actually required by law to test?
– to see if the tubes work?
– to ensure the wires are OK?
?b) ‘Certificate of conformity’
– does this need to mention conforming to certain regulations?(?) 🙂
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The units should be electrically tested, earth continuity, insulation resistance, PA testeded if it’s a plug in unit etc.
The declaration of conformity should list the European Directives which were applied in the design, testing of the unit.
These will probably be:-
Low Voltage Directive
EMC DirectiveIt can start getting pretty complex for what appears to be a simple unit, but all this should be supplied by the manufacturer.
You cannot apply a CE mark yourself!!!I have worked with Epson in the UK and Japan on CE marking equipment and its a mine field.
Hope this helps
Jase
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