I bought a new rice cooker on eBay, from an Australian seller.
It has no Australian compliance labels eg C-tick.
Should it have?
Is it legal for them to sell it without a C-tick?
Is it legal for me to use it without a C-tick?
Rice Cooker - Must It Have a C-Tick?
check on 16/09/2022 - 16:43
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@JimB
@AustriaBargain
I bought it on eBay. This one:
"Electric Rice Cooker Portable 1.2L Mini Small Cook 3 Cups For 1-2 Person Kitchen".On receipt, it looks pretty unimpressive.
I haven't tried it yet. Don't want to blow up the happy home. Hence my question on the electrical compliance.If it doesn't have that tick, your house WILL start on fire
Why should they. I noticed it wasnt on the box of an ipkone 12/13. Just the c and E.
The rice police will get ya.
Rice cookers are much more popular in other countries. What is the model you bought?
The C-Tick logo indicated compliance with the Electromagnetic Compatibility or EMC requirements. As such it means nothing for a rice cooker IMHO.
For the rice cooker check it it has a SAA or a state approval. Info is on the following page:
https://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/trades-and-businesses/bus…
Some certification symbols mean nothing and others are very important and depend on the usage. A TV C-Tick is important to ensure the TV does not interfere with radio's and other TV's. A SAA approval is useless for a phone as it does not plug into 240V as the charger does and the charger needs the approval.
This can still interfere with other things. Most probably has a switchmode power supply inside, microprocessor controlled, phase controlled heating - lots of possibilities for EM emissions.
C-tick is required for almost all mains connected appliances. If seller gets audited they are potentially in trouble. As a user I wouldn't worry.
Surely, user name should check out when buying from an Australian Seller, that maybe selling a grey import appliance…
username is better at writing cheques maybe
Yes you need to have c tick for electrical appliances to distribute/sell. My Kambrook C Tick is in the bottom of it, where it shows it's power requirement.
Is C-Tick still used? I thought it's now just RCM
By searching the phrase that OP was given, I found the product. There is no evidence that it complies to the Australian Standard.
It is a product for the Chinese market, for 220 V.
The power plug is up-side-down, one of the standards in China https://www.plugsocketmuseum.nl/CN/Schneider_Austral-socket_…I stayed at a pub, where there were a pair of workers from the subcontinent. They had a rice cooker that used at least 3 international plugs to connect to Australian wall plate.
That is not how you power your 3φ rice cooker.
Is it legal for them to sell it without a C-tick? Probably not.
Is it legal for me to use it without a C-tick? Yes it is.
What rice cooker?