Re: "Energy Star" security system control panels?

["Doug" <not@xxxxxxxx>]

"Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Bill" wrote in message
>
>> Which security system main control panels have the "Energy Star" rating?
>>
>> FYI - An Energy Star rating means an appliance is designed to save
>> energy. Energy Star web site...
>>
>
>
> The amount of energy consumed by any standard alarm panel is miniscule.
>
> My first question to you is, "Do manufacturers have to pay a fee to put
> your logo on their product?"  Are you trying to be the next UL?



Follow this link
http://www.dsc.com/assets/pdfs/high_efficiency_transformer.pdf
which leads to this
http://www.dsc.com//bulletinImages/energy_act_2007/energy_act_2007.pdf
from which the following text is lifted.

''(C) MARKING.-Any class A external power supply
manufactured on or after the later of July 1, 2008 or
the date of enactment of this paragraph shall be clearly
and permanently marked in accordance with the External
Power Supply International Efficiency Marking Protocol,
as referenced in the 'Energy Star Program Requirements
for Single Voltage External AC-DC and AC-AC Power
Supplies, version 1.1' published by the Environmental
Protection Agency".

Doug