New Zealand Gazette – 2016 – No. 46

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✨ Electricity Safety Notice



NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 46 — 26 MAY 2016

a. The RCD has been installed in mobile dental clinics.

b. The RCD has known markings that include "CrispTech", "RY30-32LE", "Type A", "SAA111196EA" and "A/13663EA".

c. The characteristics of the RCD are:

  • 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".
  • It has a switch that can be changed to an off or on position.

d. The following image shows a sample of the RCD for identification purposes:

RCD Image

RY30-32LE
C16
230/240V~
50Hz
IΔn 10mA
Inc 4500A
AS/NZS 61009.1
SAA111196EA
A/13663EA
1/N/01 TYPE A
0 OFF

  1. Reasons for urgent instruction:

a. The RCD is, or may be, electrically unsafe, in that there is significant risk that a person may suffer harm as a result of dangers arising from use of, or passage of electricity through, the RCD.

b. The reasons for believing the RCD is or may be unsafe are that:

i. Under test or fault conditions, the RCD may not isolate the power supply from the protected circuit.

ii. Regulation 22 of the Regulations deems the RCD to be unsafe, as it is supplied on the basis that it has a safety function that it does not in fact have.

iii. The RCD is not a Type 1 RCD, as required for medical locations by AS/NZS 3003:2011.

iv. The RCD does not comply with Regulation 60 of the Regulations in that it does not meet AS/NZS 61009, as required under AS/NZS 3003.

v. In normal use, the RCD may function in such a way as to be electrically unsafe in the terms described in Regulation 24(6).

  1. Expiry—This urgent instruction expires six months after the date of publication.

This urgent instruction is available for view on the Energy Safety website

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🏥 Electricity (Safety) Regulations - Urgent Instruction Under Regulation 110 (continued from previous page)

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Electricity Safety, WorkSafe New Zealand, Urgent Instruction, Residual Current Device, RCD, Medical Electrical Installations, CrispTech RY30-32LE, Electrical Testing