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Pool, spa and related products are investigated and tested by UL’s highly experienced and specialized technical staff who follow these rigorous guidelines:

• Safety is our first and foremost goal when evaluating products for UL certification.

It is the backbone of our existence, and the reason why we have been the most

recognized and trusted resource for product safety for more than a century.

• Quality is the reason why more regulatory authorities accept the UL Mark more than

any other. In addition to regulators, most insurance underwriters; federal, state,

and municipal authorities; architects; and building owners request the Listing and

Classification Marks of UL.

• Business relationships are why our customers return to UL, time after time.

• Consumers are the main reason for and direct recipients of every certified product

in the global marketplace. Our respected track record proves this. In fact, Consumer

Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalls of UL certified products are very rare.

UL has and will always strive to provide the excellence of the UL Mark to each and every UL Listed/Recognized product in the world.

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Prepares electronic motors manufacturers for energy efficiency requirement changes effective March 9, 2015:

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Pool and spa categories and standards

UL offers certification services for pool, spa and component manufacturers in a variety of pool and spa-related categories and standards. Many of these standards have been developed by UL or by agencies such as ANSI or ASME, often with the assistance of UL’s staff and highly acclaimed primary designated engineers. These are the same technical experts who serve on more than 800 international and national standards, development committees, and on all 21 National Electric Code® (NEC) panels.

Pool and Spa Testing and Certification Services

For the past 117 years, UL has been the trusted source for providing third-party conformity assessment testing services. UL’s global testing laboratories are equipped with state-of-the-art pool and spa testing equipment.

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CE marking for pool and spa products

CE Marking is a European marking of conformity indicating that a product complies with the essential requirements of applicable European laws or directives regarding safety, health, environment, and consumer protection. A manufacturer is responsible for affixing the CE Marking to a product.

UL can assist you with CE Marking by:

• Identifying then evaluating products in accordance with applicable standards

• Providing guidance on how to apply the appropriate directives, including the steps

leading up to affixing a CE Marking

• Compiling a CE technical file using information and data provided by you or UL

Pool, spa and related component categories

• Blowers

• Controls

• Covers for Swimming Pools and Spas

• Gas-fired Swimming Pool and Spa Heaters

• Heaters

• Hot Tub and Spa Equipment Assemblies

• Hydromassage Bathtubs

• Junction Boxes

• Luminaires and Forming Shells

• Oil-fired Swimming Pool and Spa Heaters

• Ozone Generators

• Plumbing Accessories

• Pool and Spa Equipment Classified in Accordance w/ NSF 50

• Pumps

• Pumps, Electrically Operated, Liquid

• Residential Water Hazard Entrance Alarms

• Self-contained Spas

• Submersible Luminaires

• Suction Fittings for Self-contained Spas, Hot Tubs, Hydromassage Bathtubs

• Suction Fittings for Swimming Pools, Wading Pools, Spas and Hot Tubs

• Swimming Pool and Spa Cover Operators, Electric

• Swimming Pool and Spa Transformers

• Water Softeners, Demineralizers and Water Treatment Units

• Water Treatment Equipment

Relevant pool and spa standards

• ANSI Z2156/CSA 47 — Gas-Fired Pool Heaters

• ANSI/ASME A112.19.7 (2012) — Requirements for Hydromassage Bathtub Systems

• ANSI/UL 2017 — General-Purpose Signaling Devices and Systems

• ANSI/APSP-16 (2011) — Suction Fittings for Use in Swimming Pools, Wading Pools,

Spas, and Hot Tubs

• ASTM F1346 — Standard Performance Specification for Safety Covers and Labeling Requirements for All Covers for Swimming Pools, Spas and Hot Tubs

• CSA B125-93 — Plumbing Fittings

UL named CB for pool pumps by EPA

UL’s lab in Newton, Iowa, is state-of-the-art and fully equipped to meet your energy efficiency needs for pool pumps.

Earlier this year the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its first ENERGY STAR® specification for pool pumps, offering the federal rating system to help consumers identify energy efficient equipment.

More recently, the EPA announced that UL has been named one of four certification bodies (CBs) now recognized to certify pool pumps for the ENERGY STAR program. Manufacturers may begin working with UL to enroll in our supervised or witness testing laboratory (S/WMTL) program and to certify product data.

ENERGY STAR certified pool pumps will:

• Save consumers thousands of

dollars over their lifetime

• Pay for themselves in less than

three years

• Run quieter and prolong the life

of a pool’s filtering system.

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• CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 68 — Motor-Operated Appliances (Household and Commercial)

• CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 108 — Liquid Pumps

• CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 164 — Electric Sauna Heating Equipment

• CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 218.1 — Spas, Hot Tubs, and Associated Equipment

• CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 218.2 — Hydromassage Bathtub Appliances

• CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 89 — Swimming-Pool Luminaires, Submersible Luminaires,

Accessories, and Section 68, Pools, Tubs, Spas

• NSF/ANSI 50 — Circulation System Components and Related Materials for Swimming Pools, Spas/Hot Tubs

• UL 778 — Motor-Operated Water Pumps

• UL 979 — Water Treatment Appliances

• UL 1081 — Swimming Pool Pumps, Filters, and Chlorinators

• UL 1241 — Junction Boxes for Swimming Pool Luminaires

• UL 1261 — Electric Water Heaters for Pools and Tubs

• UL 1563 — Electric Spas, Equipment Assemblies, and Associated Equipment

• UL 1795 — Hydromassage Bathtubs

• UL 1951 — Electric Plumbing Accessories

• UL 676 — Luminaires and Submersible Junction Boxes

• UL Subject 379 — Outline of Investigation for Transformers for Fountain, Swimming Pool, and Spa Luminaires

• UL Subject 676A — Outline of Investigation for Potting Compounds for Swimming Pool, Fountain, and Spa Equipment

• UL Subject 2452 — Outline of Investigation for Electric Swimming Pool and Spa Cover Operators

• New International approvals via CB Scheme, specifically Europe, Australia and New Zealand (UL-EU, CE and RCM marks)

ENERgy STAR® for heaters

• AHRI 1160 and 1161

• CSA C300

• ASHRAE Standard 146 (Excluding any gas and oil fired pool heater testing)

UL is a global leader in pool and

spa safety certification, with

state-of-the art pool and spa

testing equipment and a highly

experienced technical staff. Pool

and spa safety is critical. It is a

responsibility shared by many,

including:

• Consumers

• Manufacturers

• Owners and installers

• Maintenance companies

• Public health officials and

authorities having jurisdiction

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