China recently finished the update of GB 19517 national technical specification for the safety of electric equipment and published its 2023 edition, GB 19517-2023. The standard will come into force on June 1, 2024.

GB 19517 is often referred to as the Chinese version of the low voltage directive. It provides the minimum requirements for all low voltage electric products accessing the Chinese market.

GB 19517-2023 stipulates the basic safety requirements for all types of hand-held, mobile, and fixed electrical equipment for indoor and outdoor use and with rated AC voltages up to 1000V (1140V) and rated DC voltage up to 1500V.

The standard applies to products and components that use electric energy transformed from chemical energy, luminous energy, wind energy, etc.

Products that internally generate unreachable AC voltages of higher than 1000V and DC voltages of higher than 1500V also fall into the scope of this standard.  

However, the following products are not covered by this standard:

l  Materials and auxiliary materials, excluding those for products under the scope of this standard

l  Semi-finished or primary products that cannot be used independently

l  Electric equipment for medical purposes

l  Lifts

l  Electric fence exciter

l  Special products like ship, aircraft, and railway.

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