1、UL 588ISBN 0-7629-0589-1Seasonal and HolidayDecorative ProductsUnderwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL)333 Pfingsten RoadNorthbrook, IL 60062-2096UL Standard for Safety for Seasonal and Holiday Decorative Products, UL 588Eighteenth Edition, Dated August 21, 2000Revisions: This Standard contains revisions
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29、February 14, 2001132-132B.November 21, 2001133-136 .August 21, 2000SA1-SA4 .August 21, 2000SA5-SA6 .February 14, 2001SA6A .November 21, 2001SA6B .February 14, 2001FEBRUARY 15, 2002 UL 588tr4SA7-SA12 .August 21, 2000SB1-SB24 .August 21, 2000SC1-SC8.August 21, 2000A1-A2.August 21, 2000SR1-SR2.November
30、 21, 2001FEBRUARY 15, 2002 UL 588 tr5FEBRUARY 15, 2002 UL 588tr6No Text on This PageAUGUST 21, 2000(Title Page Reprinted: February 15, 2002)1UL 588Standard for Seasonal and Holiday Decorative ProductsThe First through Seventeenth Editions were titled Christmas-Tree andDecorative-Lighting Outfits.Fir
31、st Edition October, 1921Second Edition December, 1921Third Edition January, 1922Fourth Edition March, 1922Fifth Edition January, 1931Sixth Edition June, 1934Seventh Edition April, 1937Eighth Edition May, 1941Ninth Edition October, 1948Tenth Edition February, 1961Eleventh Edition January, 1966Twelfth
32、 Edition November, 1969Thirteenth Edition November, 1974Fourteenth Edition April, 1980Fifteenth Edition January, 1986Sixteenth Edition October, 1990Seventeenth Edition January, 1996Eighteenth EditionAugust 21, 2000Approval as an American National Standard (ANSI) covers the numberedparagraphs on page
33、s dated August 21, 2000. These pages should not bediscarded when revised or additional pages are issued if it is desired to retain theANSI approved text.An effective date included as a note immediately following certain requirementsis one established by Underwriters Laboratories Inc.Approved as ANSI
34、 C33.251966, January 21, 1966Approved as ANSI/UL 5881985, September 16, 1985Approved as ANSI/UL 5881990, June 7, 1990Approved as ANSI/UL 5882000, February 25, 2000Revisions of this Standard will be made by issuing revised or additional pagesbearing their date of issue. A UL Standard is current only
35、if it incorporates themost recently adopted revisions, all of which are itemized on the transmittal noticethat accompanies the latest set of revised requirements.ISBN 0-7629-0589-1COPYRIGHT 1974, 2002 UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES INC.ANSI/UL 5882000AUGUST 21, 2000SEASONAL AND HOLIDAY DECORATIVE PRODUCTS - UL 5882No Text on This PageCONTENTSFOREWORD .12INTRODUCTION1 Scope .132 Glossary .143 Components .184 Units of Measurement .185 References .
