In addition to the product safety requirements, also verify that the battery and the equipment design comply with national heavy metals restrictions (lead) and recycling requirements if they exist.
And, by the way, sealed batteries can and do leak hydrogen while charging, so do follow Kaz's advice on proper ventilation. Richard Woods ---------- From: [email protected] [SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 10:17 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: RE: Battery Requirement Koh, If your question includes product safety, the requirements may change depending on whether the batteries are sealed or valve regulated. You'll need to ensure your product meets the applicable construction and ventilation requirements and/or provides the correct information to the end user so as to avoid the 4% LEL and subsequent pyrotechnics in the event of a spark. In some countries (Australia for one) the max limit of hydrogen concentration by volume is 2%. My opinion and not that of my employer. Regards, Kaz Gawrzyjal [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Koh Nai Ghee [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 8:32 AM To: EMC-PSTC Subject: Battery Requirement Hi all, I was being asked a question regarding battery regulatory requirement for a portable analog amplifier speaker. This speaker has built in an internal chargeable battery. This battery is Lead Acid Battery. This speaker is being powered up, as well as battery charging, by an external AC/DC adaptor. The country of concern is as follows, Hong Kong Taiwan Japan Australia/New Zealand China. The EMI requirement are : Taiwan = BSMI, Australia/NZ = C-Tick, Japan =VCCI.. As I'm no expert on batteries, can anyone advice on the battery requirement for the above countries. Your reply is much appreciated. Regards Koh ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected]
