Re: Whats the deal with shunning grey imports? A rant.
Interestingly enough C-tick Australia testing is actually a SUBSET of the CE approval ( we only test for emmissions, europe also includes immunity) : if a product with [legitimate] CE approval was rated to 240VAC and imported to Oz it would pass C-tick and Australian standards easily . But for C-tick approval you should re-test locally. a simple emmissions test still costs between $600 & $2000.
The vast majority of Australian standards are directly lifted from IEC standards anyway. Run by a bunch of overpaid Belgium and french dudes.
The main exception are our unique 3 pin plugs
Interestingly enough C-tick Australia testing is actually a SUBSET of the CE approval ( we only test for emmissions, europe also includes immunity) : if a product with [legitimate] CE approval was rated to 240VAC and imported to Oz it would pass C-tick and Australian standards easily . But for C-tick approval you should re-test locally. a simple emmissions test still costs between $600 & $2000.
The vast majority of Australian standards are directly lifted from IEC standards anyway. Run by a bunch of overpaid Belgium and french dudes.
The main exception are our unique 3 pin plugs
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