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Electrical safety testing is essential to ensure safe operating standards for any product or establishment that uses electricity. Various governments and agencies have developed stringent requirements for electrical products that are sold world-wide. In most markets it is mandatory for a product to conform to safety standards promulgated by safety and standard agencies such as UL, VDE, CSA, BSI and so on. To conform to such standards, the product must pass safety tests such as the high voltage test , Insulation Resistance Test, Ground Bond and Ground Continuity Test and Leakage Current Test. These tests are described in IEC 60335, IEC 61010 and many other national and international standards.
In North America, most electrical safety standards are published by Underwriters Laboratories or Canadian Standards Association. IEC 60335 is an international standard for domestic appliances. Many safety testing standards in the world have been based on it. To safeguard workplace health and safety, many sections of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation provide guidelines on electrical safety and the appropriate equipment required to work on low and high voltage electrical appliances.