AS/NZS 3112:2004
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Approval and test specification - Plugs and socket-outlets
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12-21-2004
Specifies essential safety requirements for plugs and socket-outlets for approval and test purposes. It is intended to be read in conjunction with AS/NZS 3100.
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EL-004
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Standard
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0 7337 6418 5
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65
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Standards Australia
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Superseded
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This Standard specifies essential safety requirements for plugs and socket-outlets, as defined in Clause1.4, intended for use at extra low or low voltages and a rated current not exceeding 32A for household or similar purposes. (For extra low voltage plugs and socket-outlets, see AppendixE.)This Standard does not apply to the following:a) Appliance couplers (see AS/NZS60320.1).b) Installation couplers (see AS/NZS3131:1995 or AS/NZS61535.1).c) Plugs, socket-outlets and couplers for general industrial applications (see AS/NZS3123).d) Plugs and socket-outlets for moveable appliances (see AS/NZS3131).
First published in Australia as AS C112-1937.
Redated 1938.
Redated 1939.
Second edition 1940.
Redated 1946.
Redated 1947.
Redated 1948.
Third edition 1951.
Redated 1955.
Fourth edition 1958.
Fifth edition 1964.
Revised and redesignated AS 3112-1981.
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 6216:1989.
AS 3112-1990 and NZS 6216:1989 jointly revised and designated Joint Standard AS/NZS 3112:1993.
Fifth edition 2000.
Previous edition AS/NZS 3112:2000.
Sixth edition 2004.
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