Saw an ad in last Weekend Australian pointing to
Without reading the full pdf document (2.1MB) the advert states that the proposed standard will apply only to external power supplies powered from the mains (230Vac) up to a max 250VA, and having a SINGLE elv output. After April 2008, products which don't meet the required standard cannot legally be sold in Australia.
It is claimed in the document that the total wasted energy in Australia due to standby and converson losses in external PSU's is a massive 845GWh with a CO2 contribution of 885 KTons. This figure is
0.45% of the total greenhouse contribution from electricity generation nationwide and it begs the question "why will the proposed standard not apply also to INTERNAL PSU's of similar power rating and with multiple outputs?".Maybe it will be too hard to police such a standard on the latter so they aren't concerned with these items. External PSU's can be seen and counted and tested if necessary whereas internal one's aren't so easy to get at and regulate. Hell, that doesn't usually worry the gov't - they simply make the standard and then leave it up to the various importers and manf's to self police. Naturally, ALL of these vested interests would adhere to the standard....????