BS 8546:2016

BS 8546:2016 specifies requirements for the construction, rating,marking, dimensions and testing of travel adaptors intended for the temporaryconnection of electrical equipment. It applies to travel adaptors having at leastone plug or socket-outlet portion compatible with BS 1363 plugs andsocket-outlets, which are suitable for the connection of a non-BS 1363 plug, orto a non-BS 1363 socket-outlet.Travel adaptors incorporating USB circuits for charging devices are also coveredby this standard.This British Standard applies to travel adaptors intended for use in household,commercial and light industrial premises where:

• the nominal supply voltage does not exceed 250 V a.c. single-phase, 50 Hzto 60 Hz; or
• the rated current of the travel adaptor does not exceed 13 A and is not lessthan 5 A.

Travel adaptors within the scope of this British Standard do not convert voltage.This British Standard excludes adaptors conforming to BS 1363-3 and conversionplugs conforming to BS 1363-5.Cross References:BS 1362BS 1363-1:1995+A4:2012BS 1363-2:1995+A4:2012BS 1363-3BS 1363-4BS 1363-5BS 1858BS 2572BS 4662:2006+A1:2009BS 4800BS 5733BS 6004:2012BS EN 1652 BS EN 10270-1:2001BS EN 50525-1BS EN 60060-1BS EN 60112:2003+A1:2009BS EN 60127BS EN 60269BS EN 60664-3BS EN 60664-5BS EN 60695-2-11:2014BS EN 60695-10-2:2014BS EN 60950-1 BS EN 61000-6-1BS EN 61000-6-3BS EN 61032:1998BS EN 61558-2-6BS EN 61558-2-16BS EN 62368-1BS EN 62680-1-1BS EN 60417BS EN 60664-1:2007IEC/TR 60083