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we're here deep in the bowels of underwriters laboratory's in Northbrook Illinois taking a look at their new testing procedures for hoverboards hoverboards are a cool toy but they also pose a series of safety risks from the battery to the circuitry and more so underwriters laboratories has actually developed a new test standard to test the device from the ground up to make sure the model you buy is actually safe hoverboards are something that have been on the market for a while but the fact is we know that there have been some fires and some issues with hoverboards so ul has come up with a set of requirements that would be applicable to hoverboards we will test the batteries the battery pack and the charger this is where most of the issues could arise from because the battery pack carries a lot of energy in a small package the battery pack is something that when one of the cell's faults it could involve the others that's a domino effect that because the players that we might have seen ul plans to conduct blunt nail tests projectile tests drop tests and even locked rotor tests where they stick the wheel in a vise for seven hours and watch it struggle so when you see the UL seal of approval on your hoverboards box then you know that it meets US safety standards for any product that carries a UL mark we test it from the ground up including the basic materials that go into the products the insulating materials the enclosure materials to the various components to the overall product itself and that's true with hoverboards we will look at the motors the wire the circuit boards the switches all of that will be tested by ul so even though hoverboards aren't quite out of the woods yet this new certification that you should be able to find straight on the box should clue you in and let you know that the model is actually safe