25Circumvention of testing

25 Circumvention of testing

(1) Circumvention devices must not be used in connection with any tests conducted for the purposes of demonstrating compliance with this instrument.

(2) In this section:

circumvention device means any control, control device, software, component or part that alters the operating characteristics of a product during any test procedure, resulting in measurements that are unrepresentative of the true characteristics that the product may exhibit during normal use under comparable conditions.

Note: Generally, circumvention devices save energy during an energy test, but not during normal use.