Appliance safety
New Zealand has some specific mandatory requirements for the construction of electrical appliances and fittings that deviate (extend) from the relevant international Standards.
- Household and similar appliances are required to pass additional tests for Resistance to Flame and Ignition (Clause 30 AS/NZS 60335.1),
- Lighting fittings and appliances for domestic and similar use are required to pass additional requirements for Resistance to Flame and Ignition (Sub-clause 13.3 of AS/NZS 60598),
- Audio and Video Appliances for domestic and similar use are required to pass additional tests for Resistance to Flame and Ignition (Sub-clause 20.021of AS/NZS 60065).
- Class 0 and 01 appliances and fittings are not allowed in NZ,
- Portable Low Voltage Appliances are required to be fitted with plugs (AS/NZS 3820),
- Low voltage (< 1000 Volts) plugs are required to have insulated pins that comply with Appendix J of AS/NZS 3112 and meet with the safety dimensional requirements of AS/NZS 3112.
Equipment designed to operate at 110 volts, 60 Hz in the North American, Japanese and other markets, is not likely to meet with these requirements and, unless it does so, its use is unsafe and its sale constitutes an offence.
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