Scope
This Standard specifies the general safety requirements for, or with respect to, equipment (including fittings, accessories, appliances and apparatus) of classes and types that are used in, or intended for use in, or in connection with, electrical installations in buildings, structures, and premises. It is not applicable to an appliance within the scope of either AS/NZS 3350.1 or AS/NZS 60335.1 or a part 2 of either of these two standards, except where an approval and test specification makes reference to this standard.
Guidelines covering design and testing of electrical equipment to ensure safety and protection against electric shock, including the principles and application of double insulation, are contained in Annex D. Users of this Standard may find it helpful to study Annex D before reading the main body of this Standard.
Application
As and when an individual Standard dealing with specific features of the design and construction, and the testing, of any particular class or type of equipment is issued, it shall supersede those general requirements of this Standard that are specifically dealt with in those individual Standards.
Any material, fitting, cable, accessory, appliance or apparatus used in, or in connection with, an electrical installation shall comply with the appropriate individual Standard. In the absence of any such Standard, the appropriate provisions of this Standard shall apply.
NOTE Where an individual Standard makes reference to the appropriate clauses of this Standard, it is taken to mean that Clauses 3, 4, 5, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7 and 8.15.8 of this Standard are applicable to the individual Standard. The remaining tests of Clause 8 are only applicable if referred to by Clauses 3, 4, 5, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 or 7 of this Standard or if directly referred to in the individual Standard.
Should any requirement of an individual Standard differ from any of the general requirements of this Standard, the requirement of the individual standard shall prevail.
Where the words 'National Wiring Rules' have been used throughout the text of this Standard, it shall be taken to mean AS/NZS 3000.
History
First published in Australia as AS C100-1937.
Redated 1939.
Second edition 1940.
Redated 1947.
Redated 1948.
Third edition 1953.
Fourth edition 1964.
Fifth edition 1971.
Sixth edition 1972.
Revised and redesignated AS 3100-1982.
Second edition 1985.
Third edition 1990.
Fourth edition 1994.
First published in New Zealand as NZS 1300:1958.
Second edition 1965.
Revised and redesignated NZS 6200:1988.
Revised and redesignated NZS/AS 3100:1994.
Jointly revised and designated AS/NZS 3100:1997.
Sixth edition 2002.