When shopping for outdoor power equipment I have noticed the following seal. What does it mean?
When you see this triangle on lawn mowers, snow throwers, tillers and shredder-grinders, it signifies that the product has been certified by an independent testing company to meet nationally recognized voluntary safety standards, published by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). On the bottom of the triangle you can see the ANSI standard number which relates to a particular product and the last year the standard was updated. In this example, products meeting the 1996 ANSI standard requirements for lawn mowers through OPEI’s certification program would exhibit this seal. Note, that although you won’t see this seal on all outdoor power equipment products, many manufacturers’ products meet the requirements in the voluntary standards but chose not to certify their equipment through OPEI.
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