AS/NZS 3105:2002

Specifies essential safety requirements for electrical portable outlet devices. To be read in conjunction with AS/NZS 3100.

This Standard applies to electrical portable outlet devices primarily intended for household and similar use at low voltage and having outlet facilities in the form of socket-outlets or cord extension sockets or connectors. They are connected to the supply by either a power supply cord and a plug or an appliance inlet. This Standard does not apply to the following: (a) Cord extension sets, within the scope of AS/NZS 3199.(b) Portable residual current devices, within the scope of AS/NZS 3190. (c) Socket-outlet adaptors, within the scope of AS/NZS 3122. (d) Electric inspection handlamps, within the scope of AS/NZS 3118 or AS/NZS 60598.2.8. (e) Portable control or conditioning devices, within the scope of AS/NZS 3197. (f) Separate devices for the storage of flexible cords or cord extension sets, for example a cable tidy.

First published in Australia as AS 3105-1984.
Second edition 1987.
Third edition 1990.
First published in New Zealand as part of NZSS 198-1939.
Second edition 1951.
Third edition 1958.
Fourth edition 1967.
NZSS 2147 first published 1967.
NZSS 198-1967 and NZSS 2147-1967 revised, amalgamated and redesignated in part as NZS 6219:1989.
AS 3105-1990 and NZS 6219:1989 jointly revised, amalgamated and designated AS/NZS 3105:1993.
Fifth edition 1998.
Sixth edition 2002.