Following substantial capital investment, Austest Laboratories is pleased to announce a huge increase in the scope of our accredited testing services for domestic, commercial and military products to assist Australian and International manufacturers and importers.

The following list only covers newly added standards to our accreditation and does not cover our total listing of standards which can be downloaded from http://www.a2la.org/scopepdf/2765-02.pdf

Newly Accredited Electrical Safety Standards:

  • AS/NZS3136 Electrical equipment for spas and swimming pools.
  • AS/NZS 3140 Edison-type screw lampholders.
  • AS/NZS 60335.2.2 Vacuum Cleaners and Water-Suction Cleaning Appliances
  • AS/NZS 60335.2.3 Electric Irons
  • AS/NZS 60335.2.5 Dishwashers
  • AS/NZS 60335.2.6 Ranges, Ovens & Hobs
  • AS/NZS 60335.2.7 Washing Machines
  • AS/NZS 60335.2.8 Shavers, hair clippers and similar appliances
  • AS/NZS 60335.2.9 Portable Cooking Appliances
  • AS/NZS 60335.2.11 Tumble dryers
  • AS/NZS 60335.2.12 Warming Plates and Similar Appliances
  • AS/NZS 60335.2.14 Kitchen Machines
  • AS/NZS 60335.2.32 Massage Appliances
  • AS/NZS 60335.2.35 Instantaneous Water Heater
  • AS/NZS 60335.2.40 Electrical Heat Pumps, Air-conditioners and Dehumidifiers
  • AS/NZS 60335.2.41 Pumps
  • AS/NZS 60335.2.45 Portable Heating Tools and Similar Appliances
  • AS/NZS 60335.2.55 Aquariums and Garden Ponds
  • AS/NZS 60335.2.73 Fixed Immersion Heaters
  • AS/NZS 60335.2.78 Outdoor Barbecues
  • AS/NZS 60335.2.84 Toilets & Bidets
  • AS/NZS 60335.2.95  Drivers for Vertically Moving Garage Doors for Residential Use
  • AS/NZS 60335.2.101 Vaporizers
  • AS/NZS 60335.2.102 Gas, Oil and Solid-fuel Burning Appliances having Electrical Connections.
  • AS/NZS 61347.2 standards as follows:
  • Part 2.3 A.C. Supplied Electronic Ballasts for Fluorescent Lamps (except Annex J, emergency lighting)
  • Part 2.9 Ballasts for Discharge Lamps
  • Part 2.13 D.C. or A.C. Supplied Electronic Controlgear for LED Modules (except Annex I.6.3.3, vibration test)
  • IEC, EN, AS/NZS 60112 Proof and Comparative Tracking Indices of Solid Insulating Materials.
  • IEC, EN, AS/NZS 60695.11.5 Fire Hazard Testing- Needle Flame Test
  • IEC, EN, AS/NZS 60695.10.2 Fire Hazard Testing- Ball Pressure Test
  • IEC, EN, AS/NZS Standards for Glowing/Hot Wire Based Test Method:
  • 60695.2.10  Fire Hazard Testing. Glow-wire Apparatus and Common Test Procedure
  • 60695.2.11 Fire Hazard Testing. Glow-wire flammability test method for end-products
  • 60695.2.12 60695.2.12 Fire Hazard Testing. Glow-wire flammability test method for materials
  • 60695.2.13 Fire Hazard Testing. Glow-wire ignitability test method for materials

 

Newly Accredited EMC Generic/Product Family Standards

  • AS/NZS CISPR12 Vehicles, boats and internal combustion engines- Radio disturbance characteristics- Limits and methods of measurement for the protection of off-board receivers.
  • EN 62233 Measurement methods for electromagnetic fields of  household appliances and similar apparatus with regard to human exposure
  • FCC Part 15B
  • FCC Part 18
  • IEC 61000-3-2  Limits for harmonic current emissions (equipment input current ≤16 A per phase)
  • IEC 61000-3-3 Limitation of voltage changes, voltage fluctuations and flicker in public low-voltage supply systems, for equipment with rated current ≤16 A per phase and not subject to conditional connection.
  • IEC 61000-6-1; EN 61000-6-1 Immunity for residential, commercial and  light-industrial environments.
  • IEC 61000-6-2; EN 61000-6-2 Immunity for industrial environments
  • IEC 61000-6-3; EN 61000-6-3 Emission standard for residential, commercial and light-industrial environments
  • IEC 61000-6-4; EN 61000-6-4 Emission standard for industrial environments
  • CISPR 14-2; EN 55014-2; AS/NZS CISPR 14-2 Electromagnetic Compatibility-Requirements for Household Appliances, Electric Tools, and Similar Apparatus.
  • CISPR 24; EN 55024 Information technology equipment – Immunity characteristics – Limit and methods of measurement.
  • EN 61326-1 Electrical equipment for measurement, control and laboratory use.
  • EN 50121-3-2; EN 50121-4 Railway applications. Electromagnetic compatibility. Emission and immunity of the signalling and telecommunications apparatus.
  • EN 50130-4 Alarm systems. Electromagnetic compatibility. Product family standard. Immunity requirements for components of fire, intruder, hold up, CCTV, access control and social alarm systems.
  • EN 62233 Measurement Methods For Electromagnetic Fields Of Household Appliances And Similar Apparatus With Regard To Human Exposure.
  • Gaming Machine National Standard 10.1 (aka GMNS 10.1), February 2010 – clauses 2.3.52 to 2.3.57 and 2.3.59

 

Newly Accredited EMC Immunity Standards:

  • IEC 61000-4-2; EN 61000-4-2 Electrostatic discharge immunity test.
  • IEC 61000-4-4; EN 61000-4-4 Electrical fast transient/burst immunity test.
  • IEC 61000-4-5; EN 61000-4-5 Surge immunity test
  • IEC 61000-4-6; EN 61000-4-6 Immunity to conducted disturbances, induced by radio-frequency fields.
  • IEC 61000-4-8; EN 61000-4-8 Power frequency magnetic field immunity test
  • IEC 61000-4-11; EN 61000-4-11 Voltage dips, short interruptions and voltage variations immunity tests.

 

Newly Accredited Military EMC

  • MIL-STD-461E/F (RS101) Department of defense interface standard- requirements for the control of electromagnetic interface characteristics of subsystems and equipment.

 

New Accredited Environmental Standards

AS/IEC/EN 60068.2.52, Salt Mist Corrosion Testing

 

New Accredited Wireless Standards

  • AS/NZS4268  Radio equipment and systems (Short Range Devices) including Bluetooth, 802.11b/g, Zigbee, Garage Door openers etc.

We also perform LCP (Lamp Circuit Power) testing for IPart and VEET.

Testing requests should be accompanied by a product brochure or technical spec with pictures of the item, to austest@austest.com.au or use our contact page here