Safety requirements for secondary batteries and battery installations - Part 4: Valve-regulated lead-acid batteries for use in portable appliances

Published date

04-05-2018

Publisher

European Committee for Standards - Electrical

FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Operating instructions
5 Dimensions and interchangeability of cells and batteries
6 Electrical safety
7 Safe handling and protection against misuse
8 Battery compartments
9 Measures in the event of accidents with batteries by
   burns or poisoning
10 Marking and disposal of batteries for use in portable
   appliances
Annex A (informative) - Instructions for use and recommendations
        to the end-users
Bibliography
Annex ZA (normative) - Normative references to
         international publications with their
         corresponding European publications

IEC 62485-4:2015 applies to the safety aspects associated with the accommodation, the arrangements of circuits and the operation of secondary valve-regulated lead-acid cells and batteries in portable appliances. Requirements are specified which oblige the manufacturers of appliances and secondary batteries to prevent the misuse of batteries in the course of operation to provide protective measures avoiding injury to persons in case of battery failure and to provide sufficient information to users. This standard does not apply to secondary cells and batteries containing alkaline or other non-acid electrolytes. This first edition cancels and replaces the first edition of IEC TR 61056-3 published in 1991. It constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the IEC TR 61056-3:a) updating of the requirements, and harmonisation of the text for consistency with the IEC 62485 series.

Committee	CLC/TC 21X
DevelopmentNote	Supersedes EN 50272-4. (05/2018)
DocumentType	Standard
PublisherName	European Committee for Standards - Electrical
Status	Current
Supersedes	EN 50272-4:2007

Standards	Relationship
DS/EN IEC 62485-4 : 2018	Identical
I.S. EN IEC 62485-4:2018	Identical
IEC 62485-4:2015	Identical
OVE EN IEC 62485-4: 2019 05 01	Identical
SS-EN IEC 62485-4 : 2019	Identical
SN EN IEC 62485-4 : 2018	Identical
NF EN IEC 62485-4 : 2018	Identical
PN-EN IEC 62485-4 : 2018-09	Identical
NEN-EN-IEC 62485-4 : 2018	Identical
CEI EN IEC 62485-4 : 2019	Identical
UNE-EN IEC 62485-4:2019	Identical
DIN EN IEC 62485-4 : 2019-04	Identical
BS EN IEC 62485-4:2018	Identical
VDE 0510-485-4 : 2019-04	Identical

IEC 60050-482:2004	International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 482: Primary and secondary cells and batteries
IEC 61056-2:2012	General purpose lead-acid batteries (valve-regulated types) - Part 2: Dimensions, terminals and marking
IEC 61056-1:2012	General purpose lead-acid batteries (valve-regulated types) - Part 1: General requirements, functional characteristics - Methods of test
IEC 60086-2:2015	Primary batteries - Part 2: Physical and electrical specifications
EN 61429:1996/A11:1998	MARKING OF SECONDARY CELLS AND BATTERIES WITH THE INTERNATIONAL RECYCLING SYMBOL ISO 7000-1135 AND INDICATIONS REGARDING DIRECTIVES 93/86/EEC AND 91/157/EEC
IEC 60086-1:2015	Primary batteries - Part 1: General
IEC 61429:1995	Marking of secondary cells and batteries with the international recycling symbol ISO 7000-1135
IEC 60086-5:2016	Primary batteries - Part 5: Safety of batteries with aqueous electrolyte
IEC 62133 : 2.0EN+(REDLINE+VERSION)	SECONDARY CELLS AND BATTERIES CONTAINING ALKALINE OR OTHER NON-ACID ELECTROLYTES - SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR PORTABLE SEALED SECONDARY CELLS, AND FOR BATTERIES MADE FROM THEM, FOR USE IN PORTABLE APPLICATIONS
IEC 60086-4:2014	Primary batteries - Part 4: Safety of lithium batteries
ISO 7000:2014	Graphical symbols for use on equipment Registered symbols
IEC 62485-2:2010	Safety requirements for secondary batteries and battery installations - Part 2: Stationary batteries
IEC 60086-3:2016	Primary batteries - Part 3: Watch batteries