SUMMARY OF TOPICS

This new edition of UL 962 includes updates such as clarification of the scope as it relates to the structural support of Video Displays, revision of Glossary of terms to define portable furnishings, stationary furnishings, fixed furnishings and addition of definitions from the Standard for Small Office/Home Office, clarification on how various furnishings are to be loaded for the temperature test, new and revised stability requirements, addition of testing to ANSI/SOHO S 6.5 and clarification of testing of massage tables and chairs, revision of the structural loading requirement, establishing consistency within the standard of the load imparted by a human being, reference to ANSI Z97.1, Class A, use of Technical Bulletin 133, Flammability Test Procedure for Seating Furniture for use in Public Occupancies, application of component faults in control circuits, force limitation requirement to correlate UL 962 and UL 2442 related to the safety of electronic control systems, addition of a humidity conditioning test and leakage current or insulation resistance test, reliability of electrical and electronic motor controls, addition of requirements for polymeric device supporting means, outdoor use furnishings with convenience receptacles, furnishings for use with water, incandescent lamp drape test, and various editorial revisions. In addition new Supplements SA and SB have been added for for loads on the output of NEC Class 2, LPS, or SELV power supplies and for heated glazing utilizing conductive coating technology.