Electric Toys EU EN 62115 Testing

Significance of EU EN 62115:

The EN 62115 standard reduces risks when playing with electric toys, especially those not obvious to users. It sets safety requirements for toys with at least one electrically powered function. Electric toys are products designed or intended (whether exclusively or not) for children under 14 years of age to play with. The standard considers reasonably foreseeable use and acknowledges that children are generally less careful than adults.

EN 62115:2020 only covers the safety aspects of electric toys related to electrical functions. It includes toys powered by any source, such as batteries, transformers, solar cells, and inductive connections.

EN 62115:2020 General Tests Include:

- Creepage distance test

- Accessibility of parts or components

- Battery testing

- Tensile strength test

- Drop test

- Stability test

- Static strength test

- Dynamic strength test

- Power input

- Heating and abnormal operation

- Steel rod test

- Electrical strength at operating temperature

- Moisture resistance

- Mechanical strength

- Small battery test

- Switches and automatic control device testing

- Torque of screws and nuts

- Heat resistance

- Fire resistance

- Light radiation

Common Causes of Non-compliance in EN 62115 Electric Toy Testing:

1. Short circuits between accessible live parts on the toy, leading to failures in short-circuit temperature rise tests, often occurring in battery compartments.

2. Mechanical impacts from a 0.7±0.05J impact hammer on parts like "moving parts housings, insulation housings between parts of different polarity, housings of non-sealed liquid-containing batteries" (e.g., battery compartment covers, motor protection housings), causing damage to housings and making moving, heating, and corrosive parts easily accessible, as well as creating short circuits between parts of different polarity.

3. Structural inability of toys to effectively protect and secure soft wires and cables, leading to insulation damage, contact with moving parts, or reduced electrical clearance and creepage distances below standard requirements, is a significant cause of non-compliance in ride-on toys like electric cars.

JJR Laboratory in China is a third-party testing company with EMC and RF laboratories, possessing CMA accreditation and CNAS qualifications (ISO17025 international recognition). They offer EN 62115 testing.