Why does it need a Fire Enclosure? It is gets THAT HOT and is strapped to you waist (hot day - sweat-shirt!!!!) and your are up a ladder then you'll have more immediate problems than causing a building fire!!!!
Please post the trade name so that we can all buy one for someone we dislike. : * } Meeting standards does not eliminate the need for a risk assessment. I suggest that the battery pack be made an Inherently Limited Supply - then many of your problems will go away. If you need high current then an OVER-TEMPERATURE non-resettable device might be an answer. Best regards Gregg -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Peter Merguerian Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 5:11 AM To: "EMC-PSTC (E-mail)" < Subject: Fire Enclosure Design for NiCad Batteries Hello All, A battery belt made up of polymeric material similar to the one used to manufacture school bags, consists of NiCad batteries. The battery belt is to be used by builders in powering their battery tools during building construction. The NiCad batteries are made of nickel plated steel, with a thickness of 0.4 mm for the can and 1.2 mm for the cover. The 2 parts are insultated with a polyamide insulator ring. Can this construction of the batteries serve as the fire enclosure or should a separate enclosure of more robust construction be made for the batteries? This e-mail message may contain privileged or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not disclose, use, disseminate, distribute, copy or rely upon this message or attachment in any way. If you received this e-mail message in error, please return by forwarding the message and its attachments to the sender. PETER S. MERGUERIAN Technical Director I.T.L. (Product Testing) Ltd. 26 Hacharoshet St., POB 211 Or Yehuda 60251, Israel Tel: + 972-(0)3-5339022 Fax: + 972-(0)3-5339019 Mobile: + 972-(0)54-838175 http://www.itl.co.il http://www.i-spec.com ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
