AS NZS 3820-2020

Description

AS NZS 3820 – 2020 Edition – Essential safety requirements for electrical equipment

AS NZS 3820 applies toelectrical equipment

• designed for use with a supply voltage; or
• that has an output voltage;

not exceeding 1000 Volts for alternating current and 1500 Volts for direct current and intended for the purposes of generation, conversion, transmission, distribution, storage or utilisation of electricity.

AS NZS 3820 sets out requirements forelectrical equipment, to ensure thatelectrical equipmentis constructed in accordance with good engineering practice in regard to safety
such that it does not endanger the safety of persons (including children, the elderly and people with disabilities), domestic animals or property, when properly installed and maintained and used in applications for which it was made.

Medicalelectrical equipmentandelectrical equipmentused in hazardous areas are subject to essential safety requirements in addition to those included in this standard.

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