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Are your devices compliant with the electrical safety requirements?

The maximum penalty for selling, importing, hiring or exchanging 'Declared items' without 'Electrical Safety Approvals Marks' and an Australian Certificate of Approval is $82,500 and/or 2 years jail for individuals or $825,000 for Corporations.

It is important to note that overseas Certificates of Approval and approval marks, such as CE mark, CCC, CSA and UL are not acceptable in Australia.

If you sell, import, hire or exchange electrical goods that are 'Non Declared items' you are required to ensure they are electrically safe and comply with any relevant Australian Electrical Safety Standard.

A recent notice from the Electrical Safety Office

Dear Responsible Supplier,

Recent electrical equipment recalls are a good reminder for responsible suppliers of the importance to have Quality Assurance(QA) systems in place for the electrical equipment they supply.

Appropriate QA processes could include batch testing, inspection and checking of products against the test reports to ensure equipment is manufactured in line with the original testing and certification.

Good QA helps prevent non-compliant products reaching the market place and give an early warning for products already in the market. If you do not have this expertise in-house, there are private companies that can assist you.

In addition to on-going equipment checks, suppliers should consider marking their products with batch code, date code, serial number markings or other such marking to assist in identifying product. That way if a safety fault is found, and a recall is required, it can be limited to the affected batches and not all the supplied product. This could save time, money and reputation.

As a responsible supplier, you are reminded that it is a legislative requirement to ensure all in-scope electrical equipment supplied is electrically safe.

Did you know that you are required to have accredited testing as a part of any VEET/IPART applications?

Comtest can assist you with all your testing and requirements to the following Standards:

• Testing of fixed & portable general lighting and switchesAS/NZS 60958.1 IEC 60958-1 EN 60958-1 'General requirements' luminaires
• AS/NZS 60958.2.1 IEC 60958-2-1 EN 60958-2-1 'Particular requirements' fixed general purpose luminaires
• AS/NZS 60958.2.2 IEC 60958-2-2 EN 60958-2-2 'Particular requirements' recessed luminaires
  AS/NZS 60958.2.4 IEC 60958-2-4 EN 60958-2-4 'Particular requirements' portable general luminaires
• AS/NZS 61347.2.2 Lamp control gear, step down converters
• AS/NZS 61347.2.11 Lamp control gear, miscellaneous electronic circuits used with luminaires
• AS/NZS 61347.2.13 and 631347-2-13 Lamp control gear, LED modules

Importing or supplying products onto the Australian marketplace? Comtest can assist you with:

• Telecommunications testing and compliance
• Electrical product testing and compliance
• Lighting testing and compliance
• Compliance folder/document auditing and management
• Energy efficiency testing
• Electrical & telecommunications auditing and fault analysis
• Compliance and regulatory training

Ensure your product meets the relevant requirements. If you are looking at supplying, manufacturing, importing or selling electrical products in Australia and need advise on compliance please call or email us for advice.

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