
Compliance Insights September 2020
New Standard / Amendment Publications
AS/NZS 60669.1:2020
Switches for household and similar fixed electrical installations – Part 1: General requirements
New edition; Published on 25 September 2020, supersedes AS/NZS 60669.1:2013
Modified option of IEC 60669-1:217 + COR1:2020 ed. 4.0
- AU/NZ national differences – added non detachable part test including covers, cover plates and actuating parts (Cl 5.101 and Appendix ZA),
- Number of specimens to be used for the tests are clearly given in Table 1 (cl 5) and was clarified on which switches the tests of Clause 19 shall be carried out,
- Included requirements concerning 13 A switches,
- Added mandatory indication that a terminal is suitable for rigid conductor only,
- Included requirements and test conditions for flexible conductors (Cl 12),
- Included requirements for pilot light units,
- Added new tests for self-ballasted lamp loads (Cl 19.3),
- Creepage and clearance limit table updated to cover normal, mini and micro-gap switches. (Table 23),
- Informative Annex B added to provide information for changes planned for the future in order to align IEC 60669-1 with the requirements of IEC 60998 (all parts), IEC 60999 (all parts) and IEC 60228,
- Added new informative Annex C about the circuit development for 19.3 (self-ballasted lamp loads),
- Added new informative Annex D for additional requirements for insulation-piercing terminals,
- Added new informative Annex E for additional requirements and tests for switches intended to be used at a temperature lower than −5 °C.
Date of application: 25 September 2022
AS/NZS 8124.4:2020
Safety of toys experimental sets for chemistry and related activities (ISO 8124-10:2019, MOD)
New edition; Published on 11 September 2020, supersedes AS 8124.4-203 (R2013)
Applicable upon publication
AS/NZS ISO 8124.5:2020
Safety of toys Chemical toys (sets) other than experimental sets
New edition; Published on 11 September 2020, supersedes AS 8124.5-2003 (R2013)
Applicable upon publication
IEC 60598-1:2020 – UL Webinar
UL is offering a webinar on IEC 60598-1:2020 on Oct 27th at 11 am Central European Time (11 pm NZ / 9 pm Sydney, Australia).
If you are interested in joining this webinar you may register your interest via the following link;
https://www.ul.com/events/iec-60598-12020-opportunities-and-requirements
Draft Standards / Amendments
DR AS/NZS 3000:2018 Amd 2:2020
Electrical Installations (known as the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules)
Closing date for comments: 17 November 2020
DR AS 4934.2:2020
Incandescent lamps for general lighting services, Part 2: Energy performance and marking requirements, will supersede AS 4934.2-2011.
Closing date for comments: 3 December 2020
Link to Standards New Zealand to make public comments on a joint AS/NZS draft standard.
Link to Standards New Zealand to make public comments on a NZ only draft standard.
Link to Standards Australia to make public comments on AS and AS/NZS draft standards.