Auto Electrical WOF Rules
The New Zealand rules on motorhome, caravan and campervan electrical warrant of fitness are listed below.
If a campground owner checks your vehicle you must have a current electrical WOF to hook up to the power supply.
This is a safety issue as a number of deaths have occurred in New Zealand through faulty electrical hook ups.
The following are extracts from the Electricity Regulations 1997
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From Regulation 97 Connectable Installations 4. Every person who hires out or leases out any vehicle, relocatable building, or pleasure vessel that contains a connectable installation must ensure that, before that person hires out or leases out that vehicle, relocatable building, or pleasure vessel to any other person, that connectable installation has - (a) A warrant of electrical fitness in accordance with section 7 of NZS 3019; or (b) A certificate of compliance that was issued not more than 4 years before the date of the hiring out or leasing out, as the case may be. From Regulation 98 Supply of electricity to connectable installations 5. A person who supplies electricity at standard low voltage to a connectable installation must first verify that the installation has - (a) A current warrant of electrical fitness issued in accordance with section 6 of NZS 3019; or (b) A certificate of compliance, for the whole of the installation, that is not more than 4 years old. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs provides the following advice to consumers |
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