Table of Contents
SECTION 1 - SCOPE AND GENERAL
1.1 SCOPE
1.2 APPLICATION
1.3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
1.4 DEFINITIONS
SECTION 2 - PLUGS
2.1 TERMINALS AND INTERNAL CONNECTIONS
2.2 PLUG PINS
2.3 INSULATING MATERIALS
2.4 NON-REWIREABLE PLUGS
2.5 MEANS OF ENTRY AND CORD ANCHORAGE FOR
FLEXIBLE CORD
2.6 RADIO INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION DEVICES
2.7 FINGER-GRIP
2.8 RATINGS AND DIMENSIONS OF LOW VOLTAGE PLUGS
2.9 INTERNAL CONNECTIONS
2.10 ARRANGEMENT OF EARTHING CONNECTIONS
2.11 FUSES
2.12 MARKING
2.13 TESTS ON PLUGS
SECTION 3 - SOCKET-OUTLETS
3.1 TERMINALS AND INTERNAL CONNECTIONS
3.2 PROHIBITED ARRANGEMENTS
3.3 SOCKET-OUTLET CONTACTS
3.4 INSULATING MATERIALS
3.5 RADIO INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSORS
3.6 DIMENSIONS
3.7 ARRANGEMENT OF EARTHING CONNECTIONS
3.8 PREVENTION OF CONTACT WITH LIVE PINS
3.9 FUSES
3.10 FLOOR SOCKET-OUTLETS
3.11 SWITCHED SOCKET-OUTLETS
3.12 SHUTTERED SOCKET-OUTLETS
3.13 MARKING
3.14 TESTS FOR SOCKET-OUTLETS
APPENDICES
A - GAUGE FOR THREE-PIN FLAT-PIN PLUGS
B - GAUGE FOR TWO-PIN FLAT-PIN PLUGS WITH
PARALLEL PINS
C - THREE-PIN TEST PLUG WITH FLAT PINS FOR
FULL-INSERTION TEST AND THE FINGER TEST
DURING NORMAL INSERTION TEST
D - THREE-PIN TEST PLUG WITH FLAT PINS FOR
ABNORMAL INSERTION TEST
E - PLUGS AND SOCKET-OUTLETS FOR USE IN
EXTRA-LOW VOLTAGE CIRCUITS
F - GAUGE FOR FLAT AND ROUND PIN PLUGS
G - THREE-PIN TEST PLUG WITH FLAT AND ROUND
PINS FOR THE FULL-INSERTION TEST AND THE
FINGER TEST DURING NORMAL INSERTION TEST
H - DIMENSIONS FOR PLUGS AND SOCKET-OUTLETS,
IP-RATED, WITH THREADED RETAINING DEVICES
I - 'VOID'
J - EQUIPMENT WITH INTEGRAL PINS FOR INSERTION
INTO SOCKET-OUTLETS
Abstract
Specifies essential safety requirements for plugs and socket-outlets for approval and test purposes. It is intended to be read in conjunction with AS/NZS3100.
Scope
This Standard specifies essential safety requirements for plugs and socket-outlets, as defined in Clause1.4, intended for use at extra low or low voltages and a rated current not exceeding 32A for household or similar purposes. (For extra low voltage plugs and socket-outlets, see AppendixE.)
This Standard does not apply to the following:
a) Appliance couplers (see AS/NZS60320.1).
b) Installation couplers (see AS/NZS3131:1995 or AS/NZS61535.1).
c) Plugs, socket-outlets and couplers for general industrial applications (see AS/NZS3123).
d) Plugs and socket-outlets for moveable appliances (see AS/NZS3131).
Application
1. General requirements of AS/NZS3100
This Standard shall be read in conjunction with AS/NZS3100 and the appropriate provisions of AS/NZS3100 shall apply to the construction of a plug or socket-outlet and the insulation and safeguarding of parts which normally carry current.
2. Specific requirements of this Standard
A plug or socket-outlet shall be considered to comply with this Standard only if it complies with all the appropriate requirements of this Standard and passes the relevant tests specified herein.
NOTES:
a) Plugs, socket-outlets and connectors incorporating retaining means of the type specified in AS/NZS3123, or similar, need not comply with all general dimensional requirements of this Standard, so long as the safe functioning of accessories in a particular system is not impaired. Where appropriate, dimensions relevant to specified pin configurations are applied.
b) Requirements for equipment with integral pins for insertion into socket-outlets are provided in AppendixJ.
History
First published in Australia as AS C112-1937.
Redated 1938.
Redated 1939.
Second edition 1940.
Redated 1946.
Redated 1947.
Redated 1948.
Third edition 1951.
Redated 1955.
Fourth edition 1958.
Fifth edition 1964.
Revised and redesignated AS 3112-1981.
Second edition 1987.
Third edition 1990.
First published in New Zealand as part of NZSS 198-1939.
Second edition 1951.
Third edition 1958.
Fourth edition 1967.
NZSS 2147 first published 1967.
NZSS 198-1967 and NZSS 2147-1967 revised, amalgamated and redesignated in part as NZS 6216:1989.
AS 3112-1990 and NZS 6216:1989 jointly revised and designated Joint Standard AS/NZS 3112:1993.
Fifth edition 2000.
Previous edition AS/NZS3112:2000.
Sixth edition 2004.