Is there a legal obligation on vendors selling new electrical goods to provide a NZ SDoC?
ryanm2,
Feb 23, 3:59am
Yes. Not everyone does it, not everyone knows what an SDoc is.
vivac,
Feb 23, 4:51am
Not all electrical goods, but a large portion of. If you demand one they have 10 days to supply or they are breaking the law.
johotech,
Feb 23, 6:40am
It's only declared medium risk articles that require a SDoC. The items are required to have the SDoC if they are to be sold in NZ. But an electrician installing the item, does not have to sight the SDoC to be able to install it.
I just checked one I have here made by UE (Logitech) and it has that mark.
And the SDoC should be available online somewhere.
tegretol,
Feb 24, 2:54am
Thanks. From past experience, the chinese will put any mark requested onto their product. This is why my concern is raised - I don't actually accept the validity of stuff marked as such. So, given that the SDoc is a NZ issued document, wouldn't it have more meaning?
exwesty,
Feb 24, 9:57am
Non compliant stuff is still being sold here, a Chinese power adaptor that is non compliant is on my kitchen bench at present.
johotech,
Feb 24, 10:26am
you're an informed buyer. Don't buy it then.
tegretol,
Feb 24, 10:34am
But I asked the question about there being any sort of legal obligation on NZ vendors to provide an SDoc. If a device then smokes a house, there is a potential claim against the SDoc provider. Correct?
vivac,
Feb 25, 9:56pm
I have seen sDocs that are not genuine too (not for something i installed).
vivac,
Feb 25, 9:57pm
Yes, if the item is declared an sDoc must be issued, if you request one they have 10 days to provide one or they are in breach of the laws that govern sDocs.
tegretol,
Feb 26, 1:37am
Tnx.
wembley1,
Feb 26, 8:01pm
No to the "potential claim". Whether or not a supplier has or hasn't got an SDoC is immaterial to any fault in an appliance.
Viz, Samsung who I'm sure had a valid SDoC for their washing machine which has set many laundries in NZ and Australia on fire.
Or a dodgy supplier who does supply an (invalid) SDoC for an appliance which may or may not be dodgy in itself.
The variations could go on.
vivac,
Dec 18, 11:40pm
Insurance company might have a crack but it would need some pretty compelling evidence to make it stick.
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