Subject 325

Bulletin Dated: November 16, 2012

SUMMARY OF TOPICS

The following changes in requirements to the Standard for Door, Drapery, Gate, Louver, and Window Operators and Systems, UL 325, are being proposed:

1. Revision to Remove Reference to the Terms "Primary" and "Secondary" when Describing Entrapment Protection Devices

2. Addition of Requirements for Detachable Supply Cords

3. Addition of Requirements for Light Sources Other than Incandescent Bulbs

4. Clarification of Permanently Mounted Wireless Devices

5. Reversal Requirements of B1 Protected Gate Operators

6. Residential Garage Door Operator Test Set-Up For Reversal Tests

7. Relocate External Entrapment Protection Requirement of Paragraph 34.1.6

8. Gate Operators with Wireless External Entrapment Protection

9. Revision of Pendulum Tolerance

10. Addition of an Exception to Paragraphs 36.3.1 and 36.3.2 Regarding Elastomer Testing

11. Correction of the Force Test Apparatus in Figure 46A.2

12. Revised Tolerances for the Puncture Probe

13. Addition of Requirements for Electronic Instructions

14. Residential Garage Door Operator and System Instructions Titles

15. Clarification of the User Manual

16. Clarification of the Instructional and Marking Requirements for Installations Less Than 8 Feet Above the Floor

17. Revision of 56.8.4 to Align with ASTM F2200