I have two new isolators in enclosures bought from a nationwide wholesaler. The isolators are not marked as to manufacturer or for nominal current. Apart from the statement on the cardboard box, their are no other markings. The installing contractor tells me that the only difference between the 32A and the 63A is the colour of the plastic on the spindle. Does anyone know if this is an acceptable means for a manufacturer to identify the nominal current rating of their product?
Sounds like it is missing a label or two. Certainly anything electrical that would normally be CE marked like a light fitting has to have a rating, but that may be allowed on the packing or the handbook, but the device must still have enough identification to allow it to be identified and the data traced, even if only a makers logo and a part no on a paper label. Similar requirements have been in all sorts of product standards since many decades.
So Who makes it ?
As an aside, the lighting industry association require such information to be placed on the fitting itself, just being on the box or instruction sheet is unacceptable. Trading standards in my area were keen to investigate when I told them about a fitting from a shop that had no such info on it, they went to the shop the following day.
Sounds like it is missing a label or two. Certainly anything electrical that would normally be CE marked like a light fitting has to have a rating, but that may be allowed on the packing or the handbook, but the device must still have enough identification to allow it to be identified and the data traced, even if only a makers logo and a part no on a paper label. Similar requirements have been in all sorts of product standards since many decades.
So Who makes it ?
As an aside, the lighting industry association require such information to be placed on the fitting itself, just being on the box or instruction sheet is unacceptable. Trading standards in my area were keen to investigate when I told them about a fitting from a shop that had no such info on it, they went to the shop the following day.
