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Electrical Reconditiong Standards for Conduit, Fittings & Accessories Are Released
October 2008 Also available in PDF format.
AURORA, CO, October 15, 2008 – Electrical supply houses and contractors interested in how to Recondition or Test & Inspect the quality of recycled electrical conduit, fittings and accessories now have 40 technical standards to guide them thanks to the Professional Electrical Apparatus Recyclers League (PEARL).
Founded in 1997, PEARL is an electrical apparatus recycling trade association that creates, collects, and disseminates information, policies, procedures, and standards to ensure the proper recycling and reuse of electrical power equipment. PEARL reconditioned electrical goods are held to a higher testing standard than new electrical apparatus because each device is tested individually rather than batch tested. PEARL reconditioned apparatus also spare the planet from thousands of tons of unnecessary waste each year, and cut the U.S.’ energy consumption compared to manufacturing new product. PEARL’s electrical conduit, fittings & accessories recycling standards are available for free to the public from the PEARL website (www.pearl1.org).
PEARL’s Conduit, Fittings and Accessories recycling standards cover:
PEARL’s Conduit, Fittings & Accessories standards include the use of the PEARL Stamp. Use of the PEARL Stamp is limited to products that have been deemed ‘inspection only’ items such as, but not limited to, conduit, fittings and accessories that have been determined to be new and unused.
In addition to the “Inspection Only” Stamp, PEARL’s electrical apparatus recycling standards fall into two other categories: Reconditioning, which includes both Test & Inspection, and Reconditioning procedures; and Test & Inspect Standards, which do not include reconditioning procedures and documentation. Only devices that comply with these standards and come from companies that meet PEARL’s business, ethics, and integrity requirements qualify to carry the associated PEARL Quality Seal (blue for Reconditioned devices, green for Test & Inspect).
Today, more than 70 dealers of new, reconditioned, and surplus electrical devices are members of the PEARL trade association. For a full list of member companies, visit the PEARL website.
As with every PEARL standard, the Conduit, Fittings & Accessories standards have been reviewed by third-party professional engineers (PE).
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