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Eeyore wrote:


"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

You are familiar with the regs in every country, are you?

Most countries use IEC regs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...cal_Commission

Broad specs only. In the UK it's the IEE regs that have to be followed for
domestic wiring.

Except in N America (UL CSA), where they are effectively being forced to
change their rules to comply with IEC or face being shut out of world
trade.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ce_mark
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ccc_mark The OZ (probably also used in NZ)
C-tick Mark hasn't yet made Wikipedia properly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_s...uter)#External

Common certification marks for safety are the UL mark, GS mark, TÜV,
NEMKO, SEMKO, DEMKO, FIMKO, CCC, CSA, VDE, GOST R and BSMI. Common
certificate marks for EMI/RFI are the CE mark, FCC and C-tick. The CE
mark is required for power supplies sold in Europe and India.

Needs editing since not entirely accurate.

All these apply to goods for sale. Not for home construction. Which is
just as well as type approval can be costly. However, things like the CE
mark are often self assessed rather than awarded after independent testing.

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