AS/NZS 3105:1998

1 - AS/NZS 3105:1998 APPROVAL AND TEST SPECIFICATION-ELECTRICAL PORTABLE OUTLET DEVICES
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - 1 SCOPE
6 - 2 APPLICATION
6 - 2.1 General requirements of AS/NZS 3100
6 - 2.2 Specific requirements of this Standard
6 - 2.3 Compliance with other Standards
7 - 3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
8 - 4 DEFINITIONS
8 - 4.1 Integrally moulded portable outlet device
8 - 4.2 Portable outlet device
8 - 4.3 Reeling or coiling arrangement
8 - 5 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
8 - 5.1 Current rating
8 - 5.2 Socket-outlet face projection
9 - 5.3 Mechanical strength
9 - 5.4 Insulating material
9 - 5.5 Flexible cord
10 - 5.6 Outlet facilities
10 - 5.6.1 General
10 - 5.6.2 Lampholders
10 - 5.6.3 Overcurrent protection
10 - 5.6.4 Switching requirements
11 - 5.7 Requirements for reeling or coiling arrangement
11 - 5.7.1 Over-temperature protection
12 - 5.7.2 Entry for flexible cord into reeling or coiling arrangement
12 - 5.8 Earthing continuity
12 - 6 MEANS OF CONNECTION
12 - 7 POWER SUPPLY CORD ASSEMBLY
12 - 7.1 Plug
12 - 7.2 Flexible cord attachment
12 - 7.3 Length of flexible cord
13 - 7.4 Polarization
13 - 8 MARKING
13 - 8.1 General
13 - 8.2 Additional marking requirements for devices incorporating a reeling or coiling arrangement
14 - 8.3 Location of marking
14 - 9 TESTS
14 - 9.1 General
14 - 9.2 Temperature rise during normal operation
15 - 9.3 Mechanical strength
15 - 9.3.1 Drop test
16 - 9.3..2 Impact hammer test
16 - 9.4 Determination of ignitability and combustion propagation
16 - 9.5 Overcurrent protection
16 - 9.5.1 General
16 - 9.5.2 Test 1
16 - 9.5.3 Test 2
16 - 9.6 Over-temperature protection (abnormal operation)
17 - 9.7 Test of cord entry (for devices incorporating a reeling or coiling arrangement)
18 - AMENDMENT CONTROL SHEET

Specifies essential safety requirements for electrical portable outlet devices. It is to be read in conjunction with AS/NZS 3100.

This Standard specifies essential safety requirements for electrical portable outlet devices primarily intended for household and similar use at low voltage and which are connected to the supply by one of the following means:(a) A flexible cord and a plug complying with Clause 7.1.(b) An appliance inlet complying with Clause 6(b). This Standard does not apply to the following:(i) Cord extension sets, which are covered by AS 3199 (NZS/AS 3199).NOTE: A cord extension set has a single means of connection to a low voltage supply and a single outlet facility in the form of a cord extension socket and does not incorporate a reeling or coiling arrangement (see Clause 4.2).(ii) Portable current-operated (core balance) earth-leakage devices, which are covered by AS 3190.(iii) Socket-outlet adaptors, e.g. 'double adaptors', which are covered by AS/NZS 3122.(iv) Electric inspection handlamps, which are covered by AS/NZS 3118 or AS/NZS 60598.2.8.(v) Portable control or conditioning devices, which are covered by AS/NZS 3197.(vi) Separate devices for the storage of flexible cords or cord extension sets, e.g. a cable tidy.

First published in Australia as AS 3105-1984.
Second edition 1987.
Third edition 1990.
First published in New Zealand as part of NZSS 198-1939.
Second edition 1951.
Third edition 1958.
Fourth edition 1967.
NZSS 2147 first published 1967.
NZSS 198-1967 and NZSS 2147-1967 revised, amalgamated and redesignated in part as NZS 6219:1989.
AS 3105-1990 and NZS 6219:1989 jointly revised, amalgamated and designated AS/NZS 3105:1993.
Second edition 1998.