California Changes Standards for External Power Supplies
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:08 am
Standards Requirements. On December 15, 2005 the California Energy Commission adopted appliance energy efficiency standards for power supplies that are sold or offered for sell in California, which are manufactured on or after July 1, 2006. These Standards apply to each single-voltage external AC to DC, or AC to AC power supply that meets the following conditions:
1. is designed to convert line voltage AC input into lower voltage DC or AC output;
2. is able to convert to only one DC or AC output voltage at a time;
3. is sold with, or intended to be used with, a separate end-use product that constitutes the primary load;
4. is contained within a separate physical enclosure from the end-use product;
5. is connected to the end-use product via a removable or hard-wired male/female electrical connection, cable, cord, or other wiring;
6. does not have batteries or battery packs that physically attach directly (including those that are removable) to the power supply unit;
7. does not have a battery chemistry or type selector switch and an indicator light; or, does not have a battery chemistry or type selector switch and a state of charge meter;
8. has a nameplate output power less than or equal to 250 watts.
This is going to make an impact on all the black boxes around your house! Think of all the notebooks and small form factor computers that this will impact!
Read more here: http://www.energy.ca.gov/papers/2005-03-03_WILSON.PDF
I wonder if the upcoming Dell XPS 600 Renegade we wrote about here meets these new standards since it uses two extrenal power supplies... LOL
1. is designed to convert line voltage AC input into lower voltage DC or AC output;
2. is able to convert to only one DC or AC output voltage at a time;
3. is sold with, or intended to be used with, a separate end-use product that constitutes the primary load;
4. is contained within a separate physical enclosure from the end-use product;
5. is connected to the end-use product via a removable or hard-wired male/female electrical connection, cable, cord, or other wiring;
6. does not have batteries or battery packs that physically attach directly (including those that are removable) to the power supply unit;
7. does not have a battery chemistry or type selector switch and an indicator light; or, does not have a battery chemistry or type selector switch and a state of charge meter;
8. has a nameplate output power less than or equal to 250 watts.
This is going to make an impact on all the black boxes around your house! Think of all the notebooks and small form factor computers that this will impact!
Read more here: http://www.energy.ca.gov/papers/2005-03-03_WILSON.PDF
I wonder if the upcoming Dell XPS 600 Renegade we wrote about here meets these new standards since it uses two extrenal power supplies... LOL