Hi Brian, Thanks for your useful information. It sounds the product should be designed and marked to 230/240V or 230-240V meeting Australia’s nominal voltage of 230 V and some regions of 240V.
Regards, Scott > On 4 Aug, 2015, at 12:57 am, Brian Oconnell <[email protected]> wrote: > > AS60038 indicates 230V as nominal, plugs must be rated 250V. First noted in > 2001. > > AS61000.3.100, published 2011, has additional requirements for power. > > As of Feb 2015, the ACMA indicates that the 'public' mains is 230V, and that > your equipment must be rated for 230V/50Hz. > > AS3000.2 indicates 230V for Australia in general, but utilities for Vickie, > NSW, North, and Queensland, all indicate 240V as of 2009. Tasmania > utilities indicates 230V. > > For some limited data points, my cousin says that it is typically 240V, but > as you get towards interior, expect somewhere between 218 and 250V; and a > customer that ships stuff to Aus/NZ rate their box for 200-240V. > > Brian > > > From: Scott Xe [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, August 03, 2015 6:08 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [PSES] Australia/New Zealands mains voltage > > Hi All, > > Australia has changed to 230 Vac from 240 Vac in 1980 in line with the IEC > deciding to rationalise the 220V, 230V and 240V nominal voltage levels around > the world to a consistent 230V. The voltage tolerance has been changed to > +10/-6% due to this change so Australia did not need to do anything and was > still in compliance. Australia adopted a 20 year plan to convert Australia > from the nominal 240 volts to 230 volts, to align with European Standards. > What is the current status in terms of voltage change? > > In addition, what are the specs on product (packaging, advertisement, etc.), > the testing house and market surveillance positions to judge the product > compliance – 230 or 240V? > > Thanks & best regards, > > Scott > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > 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.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html > > Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at > http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used > formats), large files, etc. > > Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to > unsubscribe) > 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]> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) 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]>
