APC P7GB, SCHN 2011 570 V0 User Manual

Product
Environmental
Profile

Power-saving Personal Surge Protectors

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Product Environmental Profile - PEP

Product overview

The main purpose of Power-saving Personal Surge Protectors product range is to provide a
product that prevents electric surges from affecting household electronic products. Additionally,
the products in this product range include energy savings features intended to help the user of
the surge protector reduce the amount of energy used by the equipment plugged into the unit.
Finally, the product range offers various plug configurations and supplemental protection.

The product range consists of personal surge protectors with outlet counts from four to eleven,
in several form configurations, colors, cord lengths and plug designs.

The representative product used for the analysis is the P8VNTG: Audio/Video Power-Saving
Surge Protector 8 Outlet with Phone/Network/Coax Protection. The environmental impacts of this
referenced product are representative of the impacts of the other products of the range which are
developed with a similar technology.

The environmental analysis was performed in conformity with ISO 14040.

Products

APC Power Saving Personal Surge –PX(VNT)G(B)(C)(T)(V) where X- number of outlets

Constituent materials

The mass of the product range is from 0.8 kg and 1.928 kg including packaging. It is 1.928 g for the P8VNTG.
The constituent materials are distributed as follows:

Substance assessment

Products of this range are designed in conformity with the requirements of the RoHS directive (European Directive 2002/95/EC of 27 January

2003) and do not contain, or only contain in the authorized proportions, lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium or flame retardants
(polybrominated biphenyls - PBB, polybrominated diphenyl ethers - PBDE) as mentioned in the Directive

Manufacturing

The power-saving personal surge protector product range is manufactured at a Schneider Electric production site on which an ISO14001
certified environmental management system has been established.

Distribution

The weight and volume of the packaging have been optimized, based on the European Union's packaging directive.
The P8VNTG Power Saving Personal surge protector packaging weight is 457 g. It consists of cardboard, paper based labels and wooden
pallets.

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