Safety of electrical appliances

This module is aimed specifically at electrical appliance manufacturers and covers issues specific to this sector. These products rank second of the most frequently listed dangerous products in the Safety Gate/RAPEX statistics. The most frequent serious risks are burning and electric shocks.

This module is designed to give hands-on information to electrical appliance manufacturers on how to prevent bringing dangerous products to the market.

At the end of this module, you will be able to understand the:

• negative impact that dangerous electrical products can have on the health and lives of consumers in the EU
• main safety hazards relating to electrical products
• steps that can be taken to design safety into electrical products
• rules and harmonised standards that apply to electrical products
• production and content of a technical file
• process for undertaking a conformity assessment