For the UK, the rules are as follows:
If, by 'installer' you mean an employee of your agent of distributor,
then this would probably be acceptable. If you mean the end user,
then if you can make a watertight case that the product is only for
professional use you are legally allowed to do this although in
practice it will be frowned upon. If the product is for domestic use,
the plug must be correctly fitted before the product is delivered to
the user. The only exceptions are for products which are intended for
permanently wiring in. You may also like to note that the plug and
fuse must both be of an approved type.
The relevant UK legislation is Statutory Instrument 1994 No. 1768 -
The Plugs and Sockets etc. (Safety) Regulations 1994 which you can
download from:
http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1994/Uksi_19941768_en_1.htm
Clearly these are UK rules and since plugs and sockets are excluded
from the LVD, other EU states' rules can and will be different. In
practice, I believe that legislation with a similar effect is in
place in most CE marking territories. You should be aware that in the
UK, although the regulations specifically apply to products for
domestic use, the enforcement people appear to consider the
regulations to apply to any goods which will be sold to unskilled
users, including equipment for offices and shops. These regulations
are among the ones the trading standards people are most aggressive
about since they are easy to enforce, and they do actually do quite a
lot of good.
The 1994 Regulations actually removed the legal obligation in the UK
to provide plug wiring instructions with the product, and to use a
mains cord with the specified colours (brown, blue, gn/yw) for the
individual conductor insulation. As I am sure you know, the latter
point is enforced in all the relevant EN's, however, so in practice
it still applies.
Regards
Nick.
At 14:05 -0400 2/10/2001, wo...@sensormatic.com wrote:
In the EU is it legal to ship a product with an attached power cord with
"pig tail" leads and have the appropriate power plug attached by the
installer according to the installation instructions?
Richard Woods
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