Intertek Lake Forest

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Intertek's Lake Forest laboratory is a comprehensive EMC, product safety, lighting, and photovoltaic testing facility located in Orange County, California, operating from two buildings at 25800 and 25791 Commercentre Drive. The lab holds A2LA accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 (Certificate 2085.01, valid through August 2027) and is recognized for FCC testing of both unintentional and intentional radiators up to 40 GHz, including U-NII devices without DFS. The facility houses a 3-meter semi-anechoic chamber for EMC emissions testing, covering radiated and conducted emissions to FCC Part 15B and Part 18, CISPR 11, CISPR 14-1, CISPR 32, and their EN, AS/NZS, Korean (KS C), Taiwanese (CNS), Israeli (SI 961), Japanese (J55014-1), and VCCI equivalents. ICES-001, ICES-003, and ICES-005 are also in scope. Wireless testing supports FCC Parts 15C/E (without DFS), ISED Canada RSS-210, RSS-216, RSS-247, RSS-248, and RSS-310, European ETSI EN 300/301 radio standards, Australia/New Zealand (AS/NZS 4268), and Taiwan (DGT LP0002). Current harmonics and flicker testing covers IEC 61000-3-2 and 3-3, and the lab also performs interharmonics immunity testing to IEC 61000-4-13 — a less common capability. The immunity suite covers the core IEC 61000-4 tests — ESD (4-2), radiated RF (4-3), EFT/burst (4-4), surge (4-5), conducted immunity (4-6), power frequency magnetic field (4-8), and voltage dips and interruptions (4-11) — plus interharmonics (4-13). Product-specific EMC accreditations span medical devices (IEC 60601-1-2 Ed. 4.1, including the new IEC TS 60601-4-2 and the earlier IEC TR 60601-4-2), laboratory equipment (IEC 61326), ITE/telecom (CISPR 24, CISPR 35), multimedia (CISPR 32), household appliances (CISPR 14-2, IEC 62233), professional A/V (EN 55103), lighting (IEC 61547, CISPR 15), alarm systems (EN 50131-5-3), arc welding (IEC 60974-10), generic residential and industrial (IEC 61000-6-1 through 6-4), and radio equipment EMC (EN 301 489 series). Product safety is a major strength at Lake Forest. The medical device scope covers IEC 60601-1 and over 40 particular standards in the 60601-2, 80601-2, and ISO 80601-2 series — one of Intertek's deepest medical safety accreditations, spanning X-ray systems, electrosurgery, defibrillators, ventilators, anaesthetic workstations, haemodialysis, MRI, ultrasound, patient lifts, and respiratory humidifiers. The lab also performs field labeling for medical devices, ITE, and laboratory equipment. Additional safety accreditations cover ITE (IEC 62368-1, IEC 60950), laboratory equipment (IEC 61010-1 and seven -2 particular standards), household appliances (IEC 60335 series), power transformers (IEC 61558), laser products (IEC 60825), and audio/video (IEC 60065, IEC 62368-1). A unique differentiator for the Lake Forest facility is its extensive lighting and photovoltaic testing capability. Lighting safety covers IEC 60598-1 and over 15 particular -2 luminaire standards, plus lamp, ballast, and LED driver standards. Lighting performance testing spans numerous IES LM and CIE methods, and photobiological safety is covered under IEC 62471. The photovoltaic scope is among the most comprehensive available, covering IEC 61215 (module design qualification), IEC 61730 (module safety), UL 1703, trackers (IEC 62817), connectors (IEC 62852, UL 6703), junction boxes (UL 3730), PV wire (UL 4703), combiners (CSA C22.2 No. 290), racking systems, building-integrated PV (UL 7103), energy distribution systems (UL 1741), and PV hazard control (UL 3741). Standby power testing to IEC 62301 rounds out the energy efficiency offering.

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