Many thanks for your further patience & advice. >For normal domestic use electrical appliances, they have to be fitted with a >standard plug or a conversion plug if it comes with a Euro plug. Did you >mean it is also acceptable to have a travel adaptor instead of the >conversion plug if the product is for travelling use? Would you mind >enlightening me where to interpret this meaning in the regulations.
>>No, the regulation (Part II) for *appliances* does not permit an >>'excluded' part being used. A travel adapter is not a conversion plug. That is to say the appliances including those for travelling must be fitted with either a standard plug or a conversion plug if with a non-UK plug on the mains cord. The provision of a travel adapter instead of the conversion plug (that is common arrangement for travelling products like hairdryers, etc., on the market) is prohibited in the UK. It seems the product for travelling must be fitted with a standard UK plug and comes with a travel adapter (UK socket -> Euro plug). This arrangement meets the UK law. For the same product in Germany, it has to be fitted with a Euro plug and a travel adapter (Euro socket -> UK plug). Free movement of goods within EU countries is not achievable yet. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk Either we are causing global warming, in which case we may be able to stop it, or natural variation is causing it, and we probably can't stop it. You choose! John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
