On May 15, 2019, NRCan issued a notice in response to the latest amendments to the Canadian Energy Efficiency Regulation issued on October 31, 2018 to further clarify the regulatory definition of battery charging products in the regulation. This revision is to meet America DOE regulatory requirements for battery charging systems.

The America DOE defines battery charging products as devices that can charge the batteries of consumer electronics, including devices that can charge the batteries embedded in other consumer electronic products.

CSA c381.2-17, the prescribed test procedure for BCS products, defines battery chargers as devices that can charge the batteries of consumer electronic products, including devices that can charge the batteries embedded in other consumer electronic products.

Battery charging products are defined as follows:

Products that meet the requirements of battery charging products refer to devices that charge batteries for wheelchairs, golf carts, low-speed vehicles or other terminal products. For example: mobile phone with built-in battery, earphone with built-in battery, smart bracelet with built-in battery and other products.

But do not include the following equipments:

1. Medical equipment

2. Spare battery charger

3. UPS power supply

Select 1 from 2 test methods:

1. CSA c381.2-17 or

2. 10 C.F.R. Appendix Y (cited the testing method from DOE)

Energy efficiency limits refer to table c.1 of CSA c381.2-17. The official text is as follows:

A battery charger must have a unit energy consumption that is less than or equal to that set out for the battery charger’s product class in Table C.1 to CSA C381.2-17.

BACL Service:

BACL energy efficiency experts remind you that if your battery products entering the Canadian market after June 13, 2019 , they shall meet the mandatory NRCan certification and online submitting job in Canada, and subsequently the certification bodies will do market sampling once a year. The proportion is about 1% of Basic model. With twenty years' experience in energy efficiency testing and certification, BACL can provide you with the one-stop testing and registration service of DOE, CEC Title 20, NRCan to protect your products be exported to the North America market smoothly!