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UL Warns of Unauthorized UL Marks on Power Supply Provided With Cordless Drill

Posted on: Monday, 10 August 2009, 13:00 CDT

NORTHBROOK, Ill., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Underwriters Laboratories (UL) is notifying consumers that the power supply provided with the cordless drill, identified below, bears an unauthorized UL Mark for the United States and Canada. This power supply has not been evaluated by UL to the appropriate standard for safety for the United States or Canada, and is not authorized to bear the UL Mark. It is unknown if this power supply complies with the United States or Canadian safety requirements.

Name of product: Model PSA08318CH

Number of units: Approximately 1600

Manufacturer: Wuxi Xinju Electric Tools, Co., Ltd

Date of manufacture: February 2006 to present

Identification: On the product:

E244495 c (UL) us LISTED 17TE SH-DC180400 Made in China

Sold at: Known to be sold at www.northerntool.com, and may have been sold by other retailers.

Photos of product: Photos of the cordless drill power supply are available at: http://www.ul.com/global/eng/pages/corporate/newsroom/publicnotices/

Underwriters Laboratories (UL) is an independent product safety certification organization that has been testing products and writing Standards for Safety for over a century. UL evaluates more than 19,000 types of products, components, materials and systems annually with 20 billion UL Marks appearing on 72,000 manufacturers' products each year. UL's worldwide family of companies and network of service providers includes 64 laboratory, testing and certification facilities serving customers in 98 countries. For more information, visit: www.UL.com/newsroom

SOURCE Underwriters Laboratories


Source: PR Newswire

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