1. Scope of Toys Covered by EN62115 Testing:

The EU has established the specific standard EN62115 for the safety of electric toys. This standard applies to toys intended for children under 14 years old, with at least one function driven by electricity.

Mainly includes: assembly toys; experimental toys; functional toys; computer toys; toy computers, etc.

2. Basic Requirements of EN62115 Testing:

General requirement: The construction of toys should minimize hazards to people or the surrounding environment during use, especially those potential dangers not easily noticeable to the user. These uses refer to toys used by children in their normal behavior and in an expected or reasonably foreseeable manner.

Specific Test Items:

1) Markings and instructions

2) Input power

3) Temperature rise and abnormal operation tests

4) Electric strength at operating temperature

5) Moisture resistance

6) Electric strength at room temperature

7) Mechanical strength

8) Construction

9) Protection of flexible cords and wires

10) Components

11) Screws and connections

12) Clearance and creepage distances

13) Heat and fire resistance

14) Radiation, toxicity, and similar hazards

3. Common Issues in EN62115 Testing:

To help companies better understand the standards and ensure product design and production processes meet requirements, Shanghai Shitong discusses how to address common issues encountered during testing based on the EN62115 standard:

1) Product labeling or instruction non-compliance accounts for a large proportion of product testing failures. Common issues include incorrect, missing, or disorganized labeling or instructions, failing to clearly convey sufficient and accurate safety information to children and parents, and even causing harm to children. Therefore, manufacturers should strictly follow the standard and correctly label according to each requirement.

2) Short circuits between accessible live parts on toys, leading to non-compliance with Clause 9.4 short-circuit temperature rise testing, is another main reason for product testing failures. This issue commonly occurs in battery compartments.

3) The failure of casings such as "casings of moving parts, insulation casings between parts of different polarity, casings of compartments containing non-sealed batteries with liquid, etc." (e.g., battery compartment covers, motor protection casings, etc.) after mechanical impact by an impact hammer of 0.7±0.05J, resulting in casing breakage and hazards such as accessibility to moving, heating, corrosive parts or short circuits between parts of different polarity, is another major reason for product testing failures.

4) The inability of toys to provide effective protection and fixation for flexible cords and wires in their construction, resulting in issues such as insulation damage of flexible cords and wires, contact with moving parts, or reduction of clearance and creepage distances below standard requirements, is an important reason for non-compliance in testing of ride-on toys such as electric children's vehicles.