The State of Washington requires that any safety shower and/or eyewash equipment that includes electrical components be certified, as an assembly, by a major testing lab such as CSA or UL. This type of certification goes beyond the certification of some, or even all, electrical components by themselves. Certification as an assembly requires that each electrical component, as well as how those components interact with each other, be certified by a major testing lab.
Certification as an assembly starts with the certification of each individual electrical component. Each component is tested to rigorous electrical safety standards for functionality, suitability and safety. When Certification as an assembly is required, it is not enough to simply utilize individually-certified components. The interaction of the combination of all the components must be thoroughly tested and certified before certification as an assembly is granted.
Some states as well as some companies require the high level of safety certainty provided by certification as an assembly. The State of Washington is one of the states that requires such assembly certification.
Alpine Technical Services offers ground-breaking gravity-fed safety shower/eyewash combination units thatares CSA-Certified to rigorous CSA standards. Our GFTS15AHCSA and GFTS15HCSA products have been certified by CSA International for use in Class 1 Division 2 hazardous conditions. These best-in-class industrial safety showers are the worldwide standard for quality and safety. They are fully compliant with ANSI Z358.1 (2014) standards for safety showers and eyewashes. They are extremely durable, highly reliable and certified safe to the eminent CSA electrical standards.
Additionally, these gravity-fed safety shower/eyewash products are extremely versatile. The GFTS15AHCSA Arctic Safety Shower can be used in extremely cold circumstances, including temperatures down to -67 degrees F (-55 degrees C). These are the lowest temperature ratings of any safety shower on the market.
The GFTS15HCSA offers the same extreme durability and high reliability as the GFTS15AHCSA, but is designed for temperatures down to 20 degrees F. Both can be used indoors or outdoors.
When looking for the highest-quality, most-rigorously-tested gravity-fed safety shower/eyewash, the best choices in the world are the GFTS15AHCSA and the GFTS15HCSA from Alpine Technical Services. These two products satisfy all requirements and standards of OSHA, ANSI and the State of Washington.
CSA-certification offers a peace of mind that lesser certification fails to provide.