(UL: Northbrook, Illinois) -- Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a provider of product safety testing and certification, recently launched its new Power Quality Study service offering. This new service, available to customers of data acceptance programs (DAP) and manufacturer test laboratories (MTLs), offers an assessment of the power quality of a customer's testing location.

"UL is delighted to provide this new service offering because it supports our public safety mission by helping to assure there is a suitable environment for testing products," says Gary Savin, vice president and general manger for Power and Controls.

The DAP and MTL programs allow manufacturers to conduct their own testing or to contract with another testing facility to complete testing. However, DAP customers and International Electrotechnical Commission for Conformity Testing and Certification of Electrical Equipment (IECEE - CB) MTLs are required by ISO/IEC 17025 subclause 5.3 to monitor and control their test environments, including power sources. When a customer lacks the technical ability or equipment to complete a power quality study itself, UL now offers an added service to complete the power quality study for the testing area. 

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