New Zealand Gazette – 2016 – No. 58

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✨ Government Notices

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 58 — 23 JUNE 2016

GOVERNMENT NOTICES

Authorities/Other Agencies of State

Electricity (Safety) Regulations (Rechargeable Dehumidifiers) Notice 2016

Pursuant to Regulation 87 of the Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010 ("Regulations"), I, Mark Stephen Wogan, Manager, Energy Safety, WorkSafe New Zealand, give the following notice:

Notice

Short title and commencement—This notice is the Electricity (Safety) Regulations (Rechargeable Dehumidifiers) Notice 2016.

This notice takes effect on and from the 28th day after the date of publication of this notice in the New Zealand Gazette.
Prohibited equipment—The manufacture, importation, sale (including an offer to sell), installation and use of the electrical fittings, being rechargeable dehumidifiers as described in this notice, are prohibited.
Description—The rechargeable dehumidifiers are described as follows:

a. A plastic enclosure made up of two halves, with both faces containing a number of ventilation holes and a ‘wet or dry’ colour-changing indicator.

b. The enclosure is filled with silica gel crystals.

c. It is supplied with a plug and lead, made up with an IEC 60320 Standard Sheet C7 connector.

d. The internal construction consists of a metal plate with two elements (comprising a carbon material sandwiched between two small metallic plates) wrapped in polyimide or similar plastic that are clamped onto the steel plate. The element plates are directly connected by conductors onto an IEC 60320 Standard Sheet C8 connector.

e. There is no voltage marking on the appliance.

f. The appliance may also be supplied with an unsafe plug and adaptor.

Note: This image shows examples of heat-damaged rechargeable dehumidifiers supplied with an unsafe plug and adaptor.

The rechargeable dehumidifiers are referred to as the following:

i. a rechargeable dehumidifier;

ii. a mini rechargeable dehumidifier;