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