Published on 6th April 2009, Official Journal of the European Union, Commission Regulation (EC) No 278/2009 announced tha the “Eco-design requirements of Energy-Using Product Directive 2005/32/EC (EuP) for external power supplies would be put into effect on 26th April 2010. The eco-design regulation requires all external adaptors, which enter the European Union, should comply with certain limitations for “no load power consumption” and “average active efficiency”. These requirement are set our below:




  • The no-load power consumption shall not exceed 0.5W (Po<250W)
  • Average active efficiency shall not be less than

















Output ~ Po Average Active Efficiency(%)

Po <1W


0.50×Po


1W <Po<51W


0.09In(Po)+0.50


Po >51W


0.85



The second step, which will come in to force on 26th April 2011 requires:



  • The no load power consumption shall not exceed 0.3W (Po<51W) or 0.5W (51W
  • Average active efficiency shall not be less than the following limits:





















Output ~ Po Average Active Efficiency(%)(Output Voltage >6V) Average Active Efficiency(%) (Output Voltage <6V)
Po < 1W 0.48(Po)+0.14 0.497(Po)+0.067
1W <Po < 51W 0.063In(Po)+0.622 0.075In(Po)+0.561
Po > 51W 0.87 0.86


MEAN WELL has a full series 12W~220W of green adaptors that comply with the requirements of Step 1, some of them can also fulfil the limitations of Step 2 of the EuP regulation. Please refer t the Compliance List of Eup External Supplies below to get more information about our green adaptors.
























































































































Model/
Series
5V 7.5V 9V 12V 15V 18V 19V 20V 24V 28V 48V
GS12

(1)


(1)


(1)


(1)


(1)


(1)




(1)



GS18

(1)


(1)


(1)


(1)


(1)


(1)




(1)


(1)


(1)

GS25

(1)


(1)


(1)


(1)


(1)


(1)




(1)


(1)


(1)

GS40

(2)


(2)


(2)


(2)


(2)


(2)




(2)



(2)

GS60

(1)


(1)


(1)


(2)


(2)


(2)




(2)



(2)

GS90




(2)


(2)



(2)



(2)



(2)

AS-120P




(1)


(1)




(1)


(2)



(2)

GS220




(2)


(2)




(2)


(2)



(2)


(1): Passes EuP Step 1 (2): Passes EuP Step 2 : Not Available