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Standards for External Power Supplies and Cell Phone Chargers

The EPA estimates that there are more than 3 billion units in use in the US and about 10 billion in use globally.

MAX Standby

See CEC page for detailed specifications.

On July 1, 2008, the US EISA2007 will replace all state external power supply standards, including the CEC standards. For details of the EISA2007 standard, see below.

The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA2007) is a mandatory efficiency standard for external power supplies sold in the US and rated
≤250 W (effective date - July 1, 2008).
See the EISA2007 page for detailed specifications.

See the ENERGY STAR page for detailed specifications.

ENERGY STAR has issued version 2.0 of their efficiency requirements for external power supplies (effective date - November 11, 2008).
Find out more about the proposed v. 2.0 spec.

See the EU CoC page for detailed specifications.

The European Code of Conduct (CoC) working group has issued version 3 to the CoC for external power supplies (effective date January 1, 2009). Find out more about version 3.

External Power Supply: 0.3 W

Battery Charger:
Standby: 1 W
No load: 0.3 W

Energy Saving
( Korea)

External Power Supply -No load: 0.8 W

Battery Charger - No load: 0.8 W

Note: Please refer to individual program specifications for latest standby requirements.


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