RCM = Safety + EMC + Importer Declaration
1. Safety (Product Safety Certification):
Product safety certification consists of two parts: electrical products are divided into the control of class electrical (Prescribed Product) and non-prescribed product (Non-prescribed product). The product safety certification consists of two parts: electrical products are divided into regulated electrical (Prescribed Product) and non-regulated products (Non-prescribed product).
1). Control class electrical products according to AS/NZS4417.2 division, including electric heating equipment, refrigeration equipment, power tools, parts and components. Three of the licensing unit Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria in the certification process is the most active. Regulated electrical appliances must obtain a Certificate of Approval (Certificate of Approval) issued by the monitoring department, and the required marking (must be typed with a certificate number). The first letter of the certificate number indicates which state or territory issued the certificate. For example:
(1) Q04051 (Queensland) --- Q Number
(2) W2015 (Western Australia) --- W Number
(3) V03101 (Victoria) --- ESV Certificate V Number
(4) NSW18099 (New South Wales) --- DOFT Certificate NSW Number
2). Non-regulated electrical appliances can be sold directly without certification, but the manufacturer must ensure that the electrical safety of the product meets the Australian standard AS/NZS3820:1998 (Essential Safety Requirements for Low Voltage Electrical Equipment); the monitoring department will issue a certificate of compliance (Certificate of Conformity) for products that meet the requirements of the standard. Certificate of Suitability. Electrical products that have obtained a Certificate of Suitability can be marked with a certificate number, the last letter of which indicates which state or territory issued the certificate, e.g.
(1) CS/431/Q (Queensland)
(2) CS/108/NSW (NSW)
2 EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility)
Australia's Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Compliance Program is based on the Radio Communications Act 1992 (RCA). The program is based on the Radio Communications ACT 1992 and covers a wide range of products, including motor-driven and heat-generating electrical appliances, power tools and similar products, electric lamps and similar equipment, television receivers and audio equipment, information technology products, industrial science and medical instruments and equipment, ignition engines and arc welding equipment. equipment, industrial science and medical instruments and equipment, ignition engines and arc welding equipment, etc. The scheme classifies products into three categories according to the degree of risk of electromagnetic interference they generate, and products in the second and third categories must bear the C-Tick mark. But no matter which category a product falls into, it must comply with the relevant EMC standards.
Category 1 products: products that have only a minor effect on devices using the radio spectrum, such as manual switches, simple relays, brushless squirrel-cage induction motors, AC power supplies/power transformers, resistors, and so on. These products can voluntarily apply for the use of the C-Tick mark when they are manufactured and sold.
Category II products: products that have a greater impact on devices that use the radio spectrum, such as microprocessors or digital devices with clocks, rectifiers or slip ring motors, arc welding equipment, switching power supplies, photometric regulators and motor speed controllers, telecommunication terminals equipment in the category of information technology (CISPR 22) (changed from Category III to Category II from November 7, 2003 on). Category II).
Category III products: products that have a serious impact on devices that use the radio spectrum, such as industrial, scientific and medical instrumentation Group 2 (CISPR 11).