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Bulletin Subject: Publication and adoption of China GB 4943.1:201X (harmonized with IEC 60950-1: 2005)
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Effective Date of Change: March 16, 2012
( s; b' e( R- f* ]$ A6 k2 H. |SUMMARY: The China GB 4943.1:201X (Chinese standard that is equivalent to IEC 60950-1, 2nd Edition with Chinese national differences) will become effective on March 16, 2012 for all products under the scope of IEC 60950-1:2005 that are applied with the CCC mark.
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IMPACT: All CCC certifications will need to be updated by March 16, 2012. It is recommended that all submittals made after December 1, 2011 will be to this new standard.
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$ m8 I* L! C0 D& [; `Major changes: Following are the major Chinese national differences from IEC 60950-1 2nd Ed found in the China GB 4943.1 standard.
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, b1 l2 B# B7 Y$ ?1). 1.4.5 - Tolerances on supply voltage: Tolerances are + 10% and - 10% instead of + 6% and - 10% as given in IEC60950-1. The China mains voltage is 220 V. Therefore, the test voltages under consideration are 198 to 242 V.- P4 u4 Y) J( T5 Q7 R
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This will not have an impact if a product is marked with an input voltage range such as 200-240 V (servers are marked like this). This will have an impact a product is marked with a single input voltage such as 230 V or 115/230 V (desk top units are marked 115/230 V). In this case the heating test of 4.5 of IEC 60950-1 may need to be repeated at 198 V.
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2). 1.7.1 - Marking of input rating: 220 V, 50 Hz for single phase; and 380 V, 50 Hz for 3-phase8 c2 A% T5 I# z8 ]/ ^+ f
! O2 t% [4 I( d3 z& |9 CThis will not have an impact if a product is marked with an input voltage range such as 200-240 V. This will have an impact if a product is marked with a single input voltage such as 230 V or 115/230 V. The 220 V rating needs to be included in the marked rating.+ R" V5 P) w) U$ j6 m! s$ X3 K
8 B Z& g; U: v$ v* k+ r: Y/ w3). 1.7 - Safety instructions: All safety instructions and the associated text in the manual for the required symbols on the equipment must be in 5 Chinese languages. The 5 Chinese languages are Simplified Chinese, Tibetan, Mongolian, Zhuang and Uyghur.
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6 D% \% g# B/ \4). Altitude and clearances: For China, the clearances ( through air electrical spacings ) must be suitable for 5000 m. Dell currently designs equipment for 3048 m ( 10,000 feet ). Therefore, (unless clearances for 5000 m are used) the following symbol and instructions must be provided. All Dell equipment with CCC marking is impacted unless we redesign the equipment for 5000 m.5 _% b1 F+ G% p* i2 A8 `+ F+ E) P
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NOTE – For example, for 230 V equipment the clearance required for basic insulation is 2 mm. Dell requires this clearance to be 2.28 mm. For China and 5000 m 2.96 mm would be the require clearance distance.
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3 O) s% M4 P7 w/ S5 K1 l! U% bSymbol for altitude ≤ 2000 m% h- [4 k/ z" p
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Symbol on the product:
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Chinese text in the instructions:
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This instruction must be in 5 languages as given in item 3 above.! b w$ M/ }) ^" a' W; w) G2 |. I1 H
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5). Equipment for China must be suitable for tropical climate:+ p8 t. b0 K n% M
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According to 2.9.2, humidity conditioning for equipment considered suitable for tropical climate, humidity conditioning for equipment must be conducted at a temperature of 40°C ± 2°C, and humidity of 93% +2% /-3%. The humidity conditioning duration shall be 5 days (120h). The rated ambient temperature for such equipment must be 35° C.( U$ S. E n6 X# L0 K
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Dell equipment is tested for 48 h. Therefore, either the test must be done for 120 h or the following symbol shall appear on the equipment and the instructions need to be provided in 5 official Chinese languages. E# g6 o6 l L$ ?: S: q
S; y$ G4 i" b7 W5 l& o) G. Q/ oNOTE - If the above testing is not done, then the equipment is considered suitable for use in non-tropical climates.4 m& Z& v9 O; f
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These must be in 5 languages as given in item 3 above.
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NOTE – China has not published its version of Amendment 1 to IEC 60950-1, 2nd edition but China will accept CB reports that cover amendment 1 to IEC 60950-1, 2nd edition.1 P4 F0 H. [+ t4 w
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/ U- {( W6 s- }7 A7 V$ e Q: W4 aAll existing certificates must be updated to the GB4943.1 by March 16, 2012 |
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