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AS/NZS 3105:2007

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Approval and test specification - Electrical portable outlet devices

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Superseded date

29-05-2024

Published date

30-01-2007

1 - AS/NZS 3105:2007 APPROVAL AND TEST SPECIFICATION-ELECTRICAL PORTABLE OUTLET DEVICES
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - 1 SCOPE AND REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
6 - 1.1 Scope
6 - 1.2 Referenced documents
7 - 2 DEFINITIONS
7 - 2.1 Cycling trip-free overcurrent device
7 - 2.2 Detachable reeling or coiling arrangement
7 - 2.3 Electrical portable outlet device (EPOD)
7 - 2.4 Integrally moulded electrical portable outlet device
7 - 2.5 Junction
7 - 2.6 Non-detachable reeling or coiling arrangement
8 - 2.7 Outlet facility
8 - 2.8 Trip-free overcurrent device
8 - 2.9 Outgoing flexible cord
8 - 3 COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS
8 - 3.1 General requirements of AS/NZS 3100
8 - 3.2 Specific requirements of this Standard
8 - 3.3 Requirements of other Standards
8 - 4 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
8 - 4.1 Current rating
8 - 4.2 Mechanical strength
8 - 4.3 Insulating material
8 - 4.4 Power supply cord and outgoing flexible cords
9 - 4.5 Outlet facilities
9 - 4.5.1 Socket-outlets, cord extension sockets or connectors
10 - 4.5.2 Lampholders
11 - 4.5.3 Overcurrent protection
11 - 4.5.4 Switching requirements
11 - 4.6 Requirements for reeling or coiling arrangement
11 - 4.6.1 General
11 - 4.6.2 Over-temperature protection
12 - 4.6.3 Entry for power supply cord into reeling or coiling arrangement
12 - 4.7 Earthing continuity
12 - 5 MEANS OF CONNECTION
12 - 6 POWER SUPPLY CORD ASSEMBLY
12 - 6.1 Plug
12 - 6.2 Power supply cord attachment
13 - 6.3 Length of power supply cord
13 - 6.4 Length of flexible cords when cord extension sockets or connectors are used
13 - 6.5 Polarization
13 - 7 MARKING
13 - 7.1 General
14 - 7.2 Additional marking requirements for EPODs incorporating a reeling or coiling arrangement
14 - 7.3 Location of marking
14 - 7.4 Instruction
14 - 8 TESTS
14 - 8.1 General
14 - 8.2 Test of cord anchorage
15 - 8.3 Temperature rise during normal operation
16 - 8.4 Mechanical strength
16 - 8.4.1 Drop test
17 - 8.4.2 Impact hammer test
17 - 8.5 Overcurrent protection
17 - 8.5.1 General
17 - 8.5.2 Test 1
17 - 8.5.3 Test 2
17 - 8.6 Over-temperature protection (abnormal operation)
18 - 8.7 Additional tests for integrally moulded EPODs and EPODs provided with a Junction
18 - 8.8 Test of cord entry (for devices incorporating a non-detachable reeling or coiling arrangement)
18 - 8.9 Determination of ignitability and combustion propagation

Specifies essential safety requirements for electrical portable outlet devices (EPOD). To be read in conjunction with AS/NZS 3100.

Committee
EL-004
DocumentType
Standard
ISBN
0 7337 8005 9
Pages
13
PublisherName
Standards Australia
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes
UnderRevision

This Standard applies to electrical portable outlet devices primarily intended for household and similar use at low voltage and having outlet facilities in the form of socket-outlets or cord extension sockets or connectors. They are connected to the supply by either a power supply cord and a plug or an appliance inlet.This Standard does not apply to the following:Cord extension sets, within the scope of AS/NZS 3199.Portable residual current devices, within the scope of AS/NZS 3190. Socket-outlet adaptors, within the scope of AS/NZS 3122.Electric inspection handlamps, within the scope of AS/NZS 60598.2.8.Portable control or conditioning devices, within the scope of AS/NZS 3197.

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.Fifth edition 1998.Sixth edition 2002.Seventh edition AS/NZS 3105:2007. Originated in Australia as AS 3105-1984. Originated in New Zealand as part of NZSS 198-1939. Previous edition AS/NZS 3105:2002. Seventh edition AS/NZS 3105:2007.

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