Description

This Standard Sets out the requirements for electrical installations associated with transportable structures and vehicles that are intended for connection to low-voltage a.c. supply systems (i.e. exceeding 50 V a.c. but not exceeding 1 000 V a.c.).

For the purposes of this Standard the term ‘transportable structure’ includes both vehicles and structures with or without wheels that can readily be moved from one site to another either under their own motive power or by some other means.

Scope

Transportable structure include the following:

• (a) vehicles offering accommodation, including caravans, camper vans, motor homes, camper trailers and livestock or car transporters with accommodation included.
• (b)vehicles such as food and drink vending vans and trailers, walk-through educational display caravans and trailers, mobile classrooms and television outside broadcast vans.
• (c) transportable structures such as relocatable homes, transportable huts, tents for accommodation, and rigid and non-rigid annexes to vehicles referred to in (a) and (b).
• (d) temporary site offices, cloakrooms, meeting offices, dormitories, canteens, toilets or other facilities provided on construction and demolition sites.
• (e) display units not intended for occupation, e.g. mobile electronic score boards and advertising signs, mobile traffic information signs.
• (f) In New Zealand, mobile medical connectable installations complying with the requirements of this Standard

This Standard does not apply to the electrical installations that are connected by installation wiring and are immobilized or fixed in position such that the ability for relocation is not intended to be maintained. Such exclusions are the following:

• (a) vehicles that are rendered immobile, e.g. tramcars, buses,
• (b) transportable structures, such as homes, huts, construction sheds and tents that are fixed in position.

         These structures are subject to the requirements of AS/NZS 3000.

This Standard does not apply to the following:

• (i) vehicles forming part of an amusement ride of device. These vehicles may be subject to the requirements of AS 3533.
• (ii) Transportable structures for the provision of entertainment that do not contain an electrical installation e.g. circus and carnival tents and temporary vending stalls. These structures are subject to the requirements of AS/NZS 3002.
• (iii) pleasure craft. These craft are subject to the requirements of AS/NZS 3004.2.