certification of a breaker box, delivery in England
certification of a breaker box, delivery in England
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If I am putting together a box that contains a 3phase 20A breaker, and two connectors (one female, one male with a 1 meter cord attached), delivery is England. Will it require certification? Essentially its a feeder breaker that is going in the middle between and existing panel feed (32A) and a large rack based computer. All components in the box are certified, but does the assembly need to be? Of course if the customer says no problem then...should be fine?






RE: certification of a breaker box, delivery in England
When you say 'certified', certified to what? North American standards are an interesting irrelevance in Europe, much as European standards are in the US.
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RE: certification of a breaker box, delivery in England
You are confirming what I thought, but in the end, the client makes the decision as I think they are going to try and just slide it in as 'part of the system'
RE: certification of a breaker box, delivery in England
RE: certification of a breaker box, delivery in England
In Europe you need to meet the European legal standards even if the machine is for sale in an area where those standards do not apply. Unless you have written agreement that the customer will be responsible for bringing the equipment to the required standard.
At least thats how I understand it..
RE: certification of a breaker box, delivery in England
On the other hand....its a circuit breaker and connectors. No other active or passive parts, and as long as its built correctly, not much can go wrong with it. If I was doing surge suppression or anything like that, I'd be a bit more worried.
RE: certification of a breaker box, delivery in England
Google will probably turn up a load of TCF stuff - I just had a quick look - but this might be of interest:
http://www.nwml.gov.uk/faqs.aspx?ID=1.
I'd like to say it was written by a responsible body but it was issued by the UK Government instead.
These might be useful too:
http://www.export.gov/cemark/Low_Volt_Equip.asp
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RE: certification of a breaker box, delivery in England