Richard, I will pass along what I know, which may not completely answer your question.
Yes, external power supply "adapters" do require mandatory safety certification. Since you mention laptop computers, I suggest the appropriate standard would be that for ITE. Until recently, the applicable standard was AS/NZ 3260, comparable to IEC 60950 plus some national differences. This is changing to AS/NZ 60950. The official CB Scheme NCB is Quality Assurance Services Pty Ltd. Contact information for QAS at www.cbscheme.org The required marking used on our own adapters is: APP. NO. AAANNNNN where AAA are alphabetic characters of the approving AS/NZ agency, and NNNNN are the assigned certificate number. Hope this helps. George woods%[email protected] on 10/10/2000 09:02:14 AM Please respond to woods%[email protected] To: emc-pstc%[email protected] cc: (bcc: George Alspaugh/Lex/Lexmark) 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]
