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Certify each basic model's built-in battery charger to DOE before it is distributed, then every year

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DOE certification report: before distributing in commerce a basic model of battery charger subject to the 10 CFR 430.32(z) standard, and every year after by September 1, the manufacturer submits a certification report to DOE that each basic model meets the standard (429.12(a), (d)). For a battery charger the report gives the product type and class, manufacturer, brand and model numbers, the test battery's nameplate voltage, charge capacity and energy, the represented values (maintenance, standby and off mode power, battery discharge energy, 24-hour energy, duration of the charge and maintenance mode test, unit energy consumption), and the make and model of the test battery and of any external power supply (429.39(b))

• Contains a battery
• Rechargeable
• It charges its own built-in rechargeable battery (10 CFR 430.2: a battery charger includes "battery chargers embedded in other consumer products"), and you manufacture or import the product (10 CFR 430.2, applied by 429.2(a): "Manufacture means to manufacture, produce, assemble, or import"; 429.12(a): "Each manufacturer")

Depends on: contains battery, rechargeable

In force since 13 Jun 2018

Applies to products distributed on or after 13 Jun 2018

Certification is due before a basic model subject to an applicable standard is distributed in commerce (429.12(a)); the battery charger standard applies to chargers manufactured on or after June 13, 2018 (430.32(z)(1)).