AS/NZS 3118:1993

1 - AS / NZS 3118:1993 APPROVAL AND TEST SPECIFICATION - ELECTRIC INSPECTION HANDLAMPS
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - 1 SCOPE
6 - 2 APPLICATION
6 - 2.1 General requirements of AS 3100
6 - 2.2 Specific requirements of this Standard
6 - 2.3 Requirements of other Standards
6 - 3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
7 - 4 DEFINITIONS
7 - 4.1 Inspection handlamp
7 - 5 MEANS OF CONNECTION
7 - 6 ATTACHMENT OF FLEXIBLE CORD
7 - 6.1 Anchoring
7 - 6.2 Provision for entry
7 - 7 FLEXIBLE CORD AND CONNECTING PLUG
7 - 8 DOUBLE INSULATION OF HANDLAMPS
8 - 9 GUARDING
8 - 9.1 Protective guard
8 - 9.2 Safeguarding of live parts
8 - 10 HANDLE
8 - 11 HANGING DEVICE
8 - 12 LAMPHOLDERS
8 - 12.1 Type
8 - 12.2 Method of fixing
8 - 12.3 Provision for lamp removal
9 - 13 SWITCHES
9 - 14 BALLASTS
9 - 15 CAPACITORS
9 - 16 MARKING
9 - 17 TESTS
9 - 17.1 General
9 - 17.2 Insulation resistance test
10 - 17.3 Exposure of materials and insulation to excessive temperature
10 - 17.4 Determination of ignitability and combustion propagation
10 - 17.5 Test for d. c component
11 - APPENDIX A - REQUIREMENT FROM THE 1986 EDITION
11 - 16.3 Exposure of materials and insulation to excessive temperature

Specifies essential safety requirements for approval and test purposes. In Australia it is to be read in conjunction with AS 3100. In New Zealand it is to be read in conjunction with NZS 6200 for the purpose of Clause 17.

This Standard applies to electric inspection handlamps used on direct or alternating current circuits at low or extra-low voltage, but excluding, however, any handlamp which is intended for operation at a voltage not exceeding 32 V, and which-(a) is marked with the operating voltage; and(b) is fitted with a miniature bayonet or miniature Edison-type screw lampholder.This specification also excludes portable lamp standards and brackets within the scope of AS 3128, and similar fittings of a decorative nature, although they may be movable and not fixed.For the purpose of this Standard an electric inspection handlamp is called a handlamp.

First published in Australia as AS C118-1939.
Second edition 1950.
Third edition 1957.
Revised and redesignated AS 3118-1974.
Second edition 1982.
Third edition 1986.
First published in New Zealand as NZS/AS 3118:1986.
Jointly revised and issued as Joint Standard AS/NZS 3118:1993.