Hi Scott, For Australia equipment can be marked 230V or 240V, but must be tested for 240V.
Regards Barry Esmore AUS-TICK 281 Lawrence Rd Mt Waverley Vic 3149 Australia From: Scott Xe [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, 5 August 2015 12:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PSES] Australia/New Zealands mains voltage Hi Mike, Testing at 240V is understandable. Should the product be marked as 230 V in order to meet the nominal mains voltage for Australia and avoid any challenge from regulators. Regards, Scott On 4 Aug, 2015, at 1:33 am, Mike Sherman ----- Original Message ----- <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Typical Australian national deviations to IEC end product standards require you to test as if your product is marked for 240V, even if it is marked, say, 230V. An Australian regulator with whom I spoke a couple of years ago stated that he had 252V measured at his office receptacle. Mike Sherman Graco Inc. Sent from Xfinity Connect Mobile App ------ Original Message ------ From: Brian Oconnell To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: August 3, 2015 at 12:00 PM Subject: Re: [PSES] Australia/New Zealands mains voltage 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]<mailto:[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? 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