Hi Richard, You should be able to piece together a reasonably full answer from the responses you have received this far I think but I may fill in some holes for you.
Approval of stand-alone "plug-pack" or "brick" type power supplies as used with laptop computers are indeed required to be "approved" in both Australia and NZ. In Australia, the various Australian State electrical regulations classify these devices as "Declared Articles". All Declared Articles are required to be approved under the regulations by one of the Australian State designated Electricity Authorities. Approval granted by any one State authority is accepted in all other Australian States and Territories. If the device is a transformer type power supply it would be required to comply with AS/NZS 3108. If it is a pulse mode type power supply it would be required to comply with AS/NZS 3260 or AS/NZS 60950 (the latest edition of AS/NZS 3260 - renamed to be more identifiable it is based on IEC 60950). The device would be required to be labelled with the approval number once granted etc. For NZ, it is fairly similar in that they are also considered as "Declared Articles" and the same standards apply however the "approval" is gained from the "Office of the Chief Electrical Engineer" within the Safety branch of the NZ Ministry for Economic Development (previously called the NZ Ministry of Commerce). The device must also be labelled with the approval number. In terms of test reports, AS/NZS 3108 is reasonably unique in its requirements to Australia and NZ. As such, testing is usually carried out in Australia although there are some overseas labs which can test to this standard. I believe you would be reasonably familiar or at least are well aware of AS/NZS 3260 etc. Any CB report to AS/NZS 3260 (naturally being a CB report it would include national deviations for Australia/NZ etc) would be acceptable in both Australia and NZ for pulse mode type units. Best regards, Kevin Richardson Stanimore Pty Limited Compliance Advice & Solutions for Technology Products and Services (Legislation/Regulations/Standards) Ph: 02-4329-4070 (Int'l: +61-2-4329-4070) Fax: 02-4328-5639 (Int'l: +61-2-4328-5639) Mobile: 04-1224-1620 (Int'l: +61-4-1224-1620) Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] (alternate internet) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, 10 October 2000 11:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Australia Safety Is safety certification mandatory in Australia or New Zealand for external power supply "adapters" such as the types used with laptop computers? If so, what is the mandatory safety standard and which agency certifications are accepted? Richard Woods ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected]
