New Zealand Gazette – 2016 – No. 38

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✨ Electricity Regulations Notice

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 38 — 28 APRIL 2016

New Zealand Gazette.

Prohibited equipment—(a) The sale (including an offer to sell), or use (including installation) of the electrical fitting, being a CrispTech Residual Current Device, Model: RY30-32LE, for medical electrical purposes as described in this notice, is prohibited.

(b) The use of a medical-electrical installation which contains a CrispTech Residual Current Device, Model: RY30-32LE, as described in this notice, is prohibited.

Description—The fittings meeting the definition of a CrispTech Residual Current Device (RCD), Model: RY30-32LE, to which this notice applies, are further described below:

(a) The prohibited RCDs have been installed in mobile dental clinics.

(b) The prohibited RCDs have known markings that include "CrispTech", "RY30-32LE", "Type A", "SAA111196EA" and "A/13663EA".

It has a plastic body;
It has four connections [screw terminals] where wires can be inserted and tightened up with a tool designed for the purpose;
It has "line" and "load" (or similar) polarity requirements and may or may not be din rail mountable;
It has a test button that is normally marked in the colour yellow with an embossed "T"; and
It has a switch that can be changed to an off or on position.

(d) The image below shows a sample of the prohibited RCD for identification purposes.

CrispTech RCD

RY30-32LE
C16
230/240V~
50Hz
IΔn 10mA
Icn 4500A
AS/NZS 61009-1
SAA111196EA
A/13663EA
TYPE A

Details of hazard—The prohibited RCDs are, or may be, electrically unsafe in that:

Under test or fault conditions, the RCD may not isolate the power supply from the protected circuit;
Regulation 22 of the Regulations deems these RCDs to be unsafe, as they are supplied on the basis that they have a safety function that they do not in fact have; and
These RCDs are also not Type 1 RCDs as required for medical locations by AS/NZS 3003:2011.

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