β¨ Electrical Appliance Definitions
23 NOVEMBER 2006
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 147
Sewing machine
As defined in AS/NZS 4417.2:2001 including amendment No. 1 January 2005. Appendix E item E3.5
Soldering iron
As defined in AS/NZS 4417.2:2001 including amendment No. 1 January 2005. Appendix E item E2.41
Swimming pool or spa equipment
An electrical appliance or device:
(a) that is a transportable spa pool, transportable spa bath;
(b) that is for circulating air or water in a conventional bath; or
(c) that is for use in the operation or cleaning of a swimming pool, non-transportable spa pool or non-transportable spa-bath;
but does not include:
(d) an appliance or device exclusively promoted for commercial use; or
(e) a heat pump.
Therapeutic lamp
As defined in AS/NZS 4417.2:2001 including amendment No. 1 January 2005. Appendix E item E3.6
Vacuum cleaner
As defined in AS/NZS 4417.2:2001 including amendment No. 1 January 2005. Appendix E item E2.46
Washing machine
As defined in AS/NZS 4417.2:2001 including amendment No. 1 January 2005. Appendix E item E2.48
Water bed heater
As defined in AS/NZS 4417.2:2001 including amendment No. 1 January 2005. Appendix E item E2.49
Water heater
As defined in AS/NZS 4417.2:2001 including amendment No. 1 January 2005. Appendix E item E2.50
AUDIO AND VIDEO PRODUCTS
Television receiver
As defined in AS/NZS 4417.2:2001 including amendment No. 1 January 2005. Appendix E item E2.44
LIGHTING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
Decorative lighting outfit
As defined in AS/NZS 4417.2:2001 including amendment No. 1 January 2005. Appendix E item E2.12
Fluorescent lamp ballast
As defined in AS/NZS 4417.2:2001 including amendment No. 1 January 2005. Appendix E item E2.17
Fluorescent lamp starter
As defined in AS/NZS 4417.2:2001 including amendment No. 1 January 2005. Appendix E item E2.18
Inspection hand lamp
As defined in AS/NZS 4417.2:2001 including amendment No. 1 January 2005. Appendix E item E2.22
Light fitting
A fitting that is intended to produce light for illumination purposes,
in domestic or similar applications, having a rating up to and including 500 watts and is for use with tungsten filament, light emitting semiconductors, tubular fluorescent or other discharge lamps and includes fittings also incorporating automatic controls, such as passive infrared motion detectors.
Luminaire β portable type
As defined in AS/NZS 4417.2:2001 including amendment No. 1 January 2005. Appendix E item E2.27
including:
(c) a fitting intended to provide a combination of illumination and heating or ventilation, or both, and having a combined rating up to and including 1.5 kW;
but does not include:
(d) an air-conditioning appliance;
(e) a heating system that is intended to heat the atmosphere of a room primarily by raising the temperature of any floor, wall or ceiling area; or
(f) an under-carpet heating system.
POWER TRANSFORMERS, POWER SUPPLY UNITS AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS
Power supply or charger
As defined in AS/NZS 4417.2:2001 including amendment No. 1 January 2005. Appendix E item E2.33
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Dated at Wellington this 20th day of November 2006.
SANJAI DEEPAK RAJ, Group Manager, Energy Safety Service.
Explanatory Note
This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This notice prescribes those types of electrical appliances and fittings that must not be sold, or offered for sale, in New Zealand before a declaration of compliance by the supplier is given.
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Declaration of Compliance for Electrical Appliances and Fittings
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Electricity Regulations, Declaration of Compliance, Electrical Appliances, Fittings
- Sanjai Deepak Raj, Group Manager, Energy Safety Service