AS/NZS 3100:2022
Approval and test specification – General requirements for electrical equipment
Standard specifies the general safety requirements for, or with respect to, equipment (including fittings, accessories, appliances and apparatus) of classes and types that are used in, or intended for use in, or in connection with, electrical installations in buildings, structures, and premises. It is not applicable to an appliance within the scope of AS/NZS 60335.1 or a part 2 of this Standard, except where an approval and test specification makes reference to this Standard. Guidelines covering design and testing of electrical equipment to ensure safety and protection against electric shock, including the principles and application of double insulation, are contained in Annex D. Users of this Standard may find it helpful to study Annex D before reading the main body of this Standard. AS/NZS 3100:2022 will supersede the 2017 edition on 24 June 2022.
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Approval and test specification –
General requirements for electrical equipment
SECTION 1: SCOPE, APPLICATION AND REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
1.1 Scope
1.2 Application
1.3 Referenced documents
SECTION 2: DEFINITIONS
2.1 General
SECTION 3: DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
3.1 General
3.2 Equipment to be suitable for conditions of use
3.3 Selection of materials and parts
3.4 Selection of components
3.5 Workmanship
3.6 Fuses
3.7 Identification of wiring
3.8 Regulating devices and switches
3.9 Socket-outlets
3.10 Equipment intended to be supported by contacts of socket-outlets
3.11 Static charge in equipment
3.12 Control methods
3.13 Stability
3.14 Equipment connected to supply by a plug
3.15 Capacitors
3.16 Incorporated power supplies
SECTION 4: PROTECTION AGAINST MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL FAILURE
4.1 Prevention of short-circuit and arcing
4.2 Mechanical protection of conductors and cables
4.3 Terminals and connecting facilities for supply conductors
4.4 Flexible cord and connecting plug
4.5 Supply connection and external flexible cables and cords
4.6 Joints and connections
4.7 Strength of screw threads and fixings
4.8 Space-threaded and thread-cutting screws
4.9 Direct connection to fixed wiring
4.10 Mechanical strength
4.11 Degree of protection (IP classification)
4.12 Equipment incorporating batteries
SECTION 5: PROTECTION AGAINST RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
5.1 Guarding of live parts
5.2 Insulation of live parts
5.3 Earthing facilities
5.4 Equipment with double insulation
5.5 Extra-low voltage equipment
5.6 Switches in portable heating appliances
5.7 Temperature rises for components and insulating material
5.8 Fault-indicating devices
5.9 Fixing of handles, knobs, or the like
SECTION 6: RESISTANCE TO HEAT, FIRE AND TRACKING
6.1 General
6.2 Resistance to heat
6.3 Resistance to fire
6.4 Resistance to tracking
SECTION 7: MARKING
7.1 Information to be marked
7.2 Method of marking
7.3 Double marking
7.4 Marking of earth connections
7.5 Marking of class II equipment
7.6 Marking of live supply connections
7.7 Additional marking of multi-rated equipment
7.8 Equipment with type X, type Y and type Z attachments
7.9 Legibility of marking
7.10 Instructions for installation and use
SECTION 8: TESTS
8.1 General
8.2 Void
8.3 Insulation resistance and leakage current
8.4 High voltage (electric strength) test
Key
C Circuit in Figure 4 of AS/NZS 60990
1 Accessible part
2 Inaccessible metal part
3 Basic insulation
4 Supplementary insulation
5 Double insulation
6 Reinforced insulation
Key
C Circuit in Figure 4 of AS/NZS 60990
1 Accessible part
2 Inaccessible metal part
3 Basic insulation
4 Supplementary insulation
5 Double insulation
8.5 Test of earthing connection
8.6 Cord anchorage
8.7 Test for screw threads and fixings (See Clause 4.7)
8.8 Mechanical strength test
8.9 Standard electrodes for electric strength tests
8.10 Standard test finger and protective impedance
8.11 Temperature measurements
8.12 Temperature and fire risk test
8.13 Test of marking
8.14 Stability test
8.15 Abnormal operation
SECTION ONE – GENERAL
SECTION THREE – ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES
SECTION FOUR – TEST AND MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES
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Approval and test specification –
General requirements for electrical equipment
SECTION 1: SCOPE, APPLICATION AND REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
1.1 Scope
1.2 Application
1.3 Referenced documents
SECTION 2: DEFINITIONS
2.1 General
SECTION 3: DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
3.1 General
3.2 Equipment to be suitable for conditions of use
3.3 Selection of materials and parts
3.4 Selection of components
3.5 Workmanship
3.6 Fuses
3.7 Identification of wiring
3.8 Regulating devices and switches
3.9 Socket-outlets
3.10 Equipment intended to be supported by contacts of socket-outlets
3.11 Static charge in equipment
3.12 Control methods
3.13 Stability
3.14 Equipment connected to supply by a plug
3.15 Capacitors
3.16 Incorporated power supplies
SECTION 4: PROTECTION AGAINST MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL FAILURE
4.1 Prevention of short-circuit and arcing
4.2 Mechanical protection of conductors and cables
4.3 Terminals and connecting facilities for supply conductors
4.4 Flexible cord and connecting plug
4.5 Supply connection and external flexible cables and cords
4.6 Joints and connections
4.7 Strength of screw threads and fixings
4.8 Space-threaded and thread-cutting screws
4.9 Direct connection to fixed wiring
4.10 Mechanical strength
4.11 Degree of protection (IP classification)
4.12 Equipment incorporating batteries
SECTION 5: PROTECTION AGAINST RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
5.1 Guarding of live parts
5.2 Insulation of live parts
5.3 Earthing facilities
5.4 Equipment with double insulation
5.5 Extra-low voltage equipment
5.6 Switches in portable heating appliances
5.7 Temperature rises for components and insulating material
5.8 Fault-indicating devices
5.9 Fixing of handles, knobs, or the like
SECTION 6: RESISTANCE TO HEAT, FIRE AND TRACKING
6.1 General
6.2 Resistance to heat
6.3 Resistance to fire
6.4 Resistance to tracking
SECTION 7: MARKING
7.1 Information to be marked
7.2 Method of marking
7.3 Double marking
7.4 Marking of earth connections
7.5 Marking of class II equipment
7.6 Marking of live supply connections
7.7 Additional marking of multi-rated equipment
7.8 Equipment with type X, type Y and type Z attachments
7.9 Legibility of marking
7.10 Instructions for installation and use
SECTION 8: TESTS
8.1 General
8.2 Void
8.3 Insulation resistance and leakage current
8.4 High voltage (electric strength) test
Key
C Circuit in Figure 4 of AS/NZS 60990
1 Accessible part
2 Inaccessible metal part
3 Basic insulation
4 Supplementary insulation
5 Double insulation
6 Reinforced insulation
Key
C Circuit in Figure 4 of AS/NZS 60990
1 Accessible part
2 Inaccessible metal part
3 Basic insulation
4 Supplementary insulation
5 Double insulation
8.5 Test of earthing connection
8.6 Cord anchorage
8.7 Test for screw threads and fixings (See Clause 4.7)
8.8 Mechanical strength test
8.9 Standard electrodes for electric strength tests
8.10 Standard test finger and protective impedance
8.11 Temperature measurements
8.12 Temperature and fire risk test
8.13 Test of marking
8.14 Stability test
8.15 Abnormal operation
SECTION ONE – GENERAL
SECTION THREE – ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES
SECTION FOUR – TEST AND MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES
AS/NZS 3100:2022
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