Denis,
Further to what Neil described below, the US has recently adopted its own regulations into the US Code of Federal Regulations as: 49 CFR Parts 171, 172, 173, and 175 - Hazardous Materials; Transportation of Lithium Batteries; Final Rule I believe it was published in the Federal Register on 9-Aug-2007. Also, UN Document ST/SG/AC.10/11 is currently at rev 4, details the UN T1-T8 tests and can be found online. And, this weblink may be useful to you in your endeavor to learn more about this subject. http://www.unreports.com/un_publications.htm I hope this helps. Best regards, Ron Pickard RPQ Consulting 7372 West Luke Avenue Glendale, AZ 85303 +623.512-3451 tel, +623.848-9033 fax [email protected] www.rpqconsulting.com _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Barker, Neil Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:19 AM To: 'Denis Ryskamp'; [email protected] Subject: RE: Lithium Ion battery shipping requirements Denis Lithium cells and batteries themselves have the ID UN3090 and are subject to Packing Instruction 903. Lithium cells and batteries contained in equipment have the ID UN3091 and are subject to Packing Instruction 912. Lithium cells and batteries packed with equipment also have the ID UN3091 and are subject to Packing Instruction 918. PIs 912 and 918 both require that the requirements of 903 are met. PI 903 requires that the cells or batteries are tested according to UN Document ST/SG/AC.10/11. Unfortunately I do not have that document, but I guess it contains the tests that you refer to as T1 - T8. The document is available at a cost of $10. Consequently, your first task has to be to obtain test results for the battery asembly, otherwise none of the packing instructions can be met. Once that requirement has been met, the rest of the PIs are fairly straightforward, dealing with separation, prevention of short circuits, and prevention of discharge during shipment. That latter requirement is to meet a common requirement that no cell should be discharged to a potential of the lower of either 2V or 2/3 of the undischarged voltage of the cell. Cells with a voltage below these levels are forbidden from transport. The mass of Lithium in your battery is well below any limits required. For further information, consult the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations. I hope this helps. Best regards Neil R. Barker CEng MIET HonFSEE MIEEE Manager Quality Engineering e2v technologies (uk) ltd 106 Waterhouse Lane Chelmsford Essex CM1 2QU UK Tel: (+44) 1245 453616 Fax: (+44) 1245 453571 Mob: (+44) 7801 723735 P Please consider the environment before printing this email. From: Denis Ryskamp [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 11 March 2008 19:08 To: [email protected] Subject: Lithium Ion battery shipping requirements This is a little out of my expertise, need help---What would the testing and packaging requirements be to ship international and US, a battery assembly of 2 cells with ELC of 2.7g, with the battery installed within the product? Note: Found that the battery assembly has not been tested to UN T1-T8. Regards, Denis Ryskamp Environmental Compliance Manager Trimble Dayton 5475 Kellenburger Road Dayton, Ohio 45424 *: 01-937-245-5539 *: [email protected] _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Elliott Mac-FME001 Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: ANSI C63.4 Site Requirements Above 1 GHz Hello Group We have heard through the grapevine that ANSI C63.4 will be following CISPR 16 for site validation above 1 GHz. Does anyone out there have any additional information regarding whether or not free-space OATS will be required per ANSI C63.4 in the near future? Imagine it will if the site validation criteria follows CISPR 16. Does anyone know approximate timeframes for this if it is in Committee so we can start making plans to enclose our OATS? Best regards, Mac - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. 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