At Leapfrog Lighting, we openly welcome any questions about our products, the LED lighting industry, or LED lighting technology. Last week, we received a question about whether our LED lamps are UL-approved. While the short answer is yes, all our LED lamps are UL-approved (you can even view our UL certification from our Download Center page), we want to take the time to explain the importance of this certification.

In a nutshell, Underwriters Laboratories (UL) is a nationally-recognized and independently accredited safety organization that establishes globally respected standards and regulations to safeguard both people and products. UL scrutinizes products through validation, testing, inspecting and auditing, and also advises and trains companies on how to build safer products.

The UL mark therefore ensures a product is safe and brings peace of mind and confidence to you, the consumer. This certification is especially important to business owners, who are legally responsible to protect all employees from harm in the workplace.

What is important to know is that all UL marks have their own meaning. Some products only have components that are UL certified and these products are only allowed to bear a special Recognized Component Mark. According to UL, “the only way to determine if a product has been certified by UL is to look for the UL Mark on the product itself.”

The UL mark is not a label you can simply purchase and apply to any product—it is only granted once compliance is achieved.

UL tested and evaluated all Leapfrog Lighting lamps and they were determined to have met all UL requirements. As such, all our LED lamps include the UL Mark:

Type L and Type R Listing
Marks for Canada and the
United States

 

 

 

To provide additional peace of mind, our products are also periodically checked by UL, unannounced, to ensure they continue to comply.