Exporting flashlights to the United States requires FCC certification and energy efficiency certification, among which FCC certification is mandatory. Therefore, ordinary household appliance products exported to the United States require FCC SDoC, with the standard FCC PART 15B. Products with wireless functions require FCC ID, with the standards FCC PART 15C and FCC PART 15E.

The certification level of FCC ID is higher than SDoC, and ordinary household appliances can choose to undergo SDoC or FCC ID certification.

FCC ID certification must be conducted in a laboratory recognized by FCC, and test reports and technical data must be provided for review before obtaining the FCC ID certificate.


What is UL?

1. The United States is a country with very strict security requirements, and all domestic electronic product manufacturers in the United States have required relevant safety testing for many years. As Amazon's strategic position in global commerce continues to improve, foreign electronic devices continue to enter the US market through Amazon, and the US does not have mandatory safety testing for foreign electronic product manufacturers. A series of electronic product fires have occurred before. In response to this situation, on September 24, 2017, relevant departments in the United States issued a law specifically targeting e-commerce, requiring Amazon to notify foreign e-commerce companies selling on the Amazon platform to provide relevant safety reports. Before submitting UL standard testing reports, Amazon must order merchants to stop selling. And it is required that the test report must be a qualified report issued by a laboratory recognized by the ISO17025/ILACISO17025 standard.

2. UL certification requires testing of products and factory audits, which are conducted quarterly and require high costs and a long time.

3. The UL test report is issued after passing the test according to the corresponding UL standard selected for the product.

What are the standards for headlights, flashlights, and portable searchlights?

The safety standard UL1576.UL1576 for flashlight products aims to respond to the demand for safety standards for battery based flashlights and portable lighting products, especially products containing lithium-ion batteries, to avoid personal and property damage to consumers, and to reduce the risk of expensive product recycling and brand damage for manufacturers.

Main issues with UL1576:

1. According to UL1576, lithium-ion battery systems need to comply with the requirements of UL2595.

2. Flashlight products using universal primary batteries can be tested using UL1576.

3. UL1576 requires that the lithium-ion battery system should comply with UL2595. In UL2595, the battery and charger form a charging system and undergo strict testing. Any change in either of them may cause a risk of fire or explosion, so it is not allowed for the product to be designed to allow users to freely change the structure of lithium-ion batteries.