AS/NZS 3112:2017-4.3.2 Impact test for testing Australian and New Zealand Integral or detachable plug portions of equipment for insertion into socket-outlets
Plug portions and equipment having integral plug portions or detachable plug portions shall withstand lateral impact forces.
All samples that were subjected to the tests in Paragraph J4.3.1 shall be tested as follows:
(a) The sample shall be positioned at the centre of a steel plate with a thickness of at least 6 mm. Apertures in the steel plate for the plug pins to pass through shall conform to the corresponding socket Standard. The sample shall be held against the steel plate by clamping all the pins.
(b) Samples shall be subjected to blows, with an impact energy of 1.0 ± 0.05 J by any means having the same performance as
the spring-operated impact-test apparatus of AS/NZS 3100.
(c) Three blows shall be applied to every point that is most likely to directly or indirectly stress the enclosure joints of the sample