The C-tick logo alone means nothing. It is just a logo. There must also be the suppliers C-tick number directly next to the C-tick logo for the C-tick to have any validity. This number is the authorized C-tick approval number which can only be used by the company granted the approval to use this number.
If you buy a charger (as an individual) directly from a manufacturer in China unless there is an approval number next to the C-tick you are using the appliance illegally.
Indeed not, as both my business premises and home are powered by large off grid installations, and not the Mains. but you were not to know this.
There is a rather pernicious tendency in Australia for the way that regulation is applied to cross the line from Normative to Positivist regulation.
Normative regulations serve the laudable function of protecting the public from goods of poor quality or unsafe design. Positivist regulation is the type actively sought by the business itself, primarily for the purpose of presenting a barrier to market entry by new competitors, by virtue of the deterrent that expensive, one-of certification/compliance assessments provide.
Fortunately, I am in the position of not having sold any of these units yet, and you have done me the favour of showing me that there is yet a little more compliance that needs addressing. That said, I find it a little disingenuous to fail to mention that you are in the business of re-badging Elcon chargers yourself.
Respectfully,
Brett
