The 94V-0, et al, are simply ratings of plastic materials. The end-product safety standard specifies the necessary plastic material rating.
Often, the required material rating depends on the specific use or application of the plastic. If the applicable safety standard for your product is UL 60950-1, then, if I recall correctly, the battery compartment (for a lithium-ion battery) may be required to be 94V-1 or better. If the output of the battery exceeds 15 VA (and it will), then other parts of the product (e.g., printed wiring boards) may also be required to be V-1 or better. Decide which safety standard applies, then read the standard to determine what parts of the product need to use materials rated according to UL 94. By the way, most standards require ALL plastic materials to be rated according to UL 94. Most applications need only be 94HB. Best regards, Rich San Diego On 8/10/2010 21:45, [email protected] wrote: > When, or rather on what products, does the UL94V0 burn test apply? > > If the electronic product is battery powered with less than 5V, must it > meet this rating? If the battery is Li? > > Product is portable, contains GPS receiver, and has a 2.4 RF modem. Any > 'gotcha' requirements should be aware of? > - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
