Thanks so much for your useful advice!! Scott
From: John Woodgate [mailto:j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk] Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 12:10 AM To: Scott Xe Cc: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Re: UK plug & sockets etc. (Safety) regulations In message <492971e7.054c6e0a.1c37.fffff...@mx.google.com>, dated Sun, 23 Nov 2008, Scott Xe <scott...@gmail.com> writes: >That is to say the appliances including those for travelling must be >fitted with either a standard plug or a conversion plug if with a >non-UK plug on the mains cord. The provision of a travel adapter >instead of the conversion plug (that is common arrangement for >travelling products like hairdryers, etc., on the market) is >prohibited in the UK. You are now asking rather different questions, not about travel adapters themselves but about appliances sold WITH an adapter. Yes, what you wrote above is correct. You could, however, supply a travel adapter for use outside UK, AS WELL as fitting the appliance with UK plug or a conversion plug. > >It seems the product for travelling must be fitted with a standard UK >plug or a conversion plug >and comes with a travel adapter (UK socket -> Euro plug). That is allowed, provided the product's instructions state that the adapter is for use outside the UK. > This arrangement meets the UK law. For the same product in Germany, >it has to be fitted with a Euro plug and a travel adapter (Euro socket >-> UK plug). Free movement of goods within EU countries is not >achievable yet. That is correct; there are differences in infrastructure between different countries that cannot be changed within a reasonable time and cost, and so will remain indefinitely. Wall sockets are one example. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk Either we are causing global warming, in which case we may be able to stop it, or natural variation is causing it, and we probably can't stop it. You choose! John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <emcp...@ptcnh.net> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
