STORAGE BATTERY ARRANGEMENT FOR MINIMUM STRAY MAGNETIC FIELD (METRIC)

Amended by

DOD-STD-2134 Notice 2 - Validation:2022

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US Military Specs/Standards/Handbooks

1 Scope
  1.1 Scope
  1.2 Application
  1.3 Classification
2 Referenced documents
3 Definitions
  3.1 Battery, storage
  3.2 Battery circuit
  3.3 Cell, storage battery
  3.4 Current loop
  3.5 Dipole
  3.6 Intercell connectors, storage battery
  3.7 Magnetic moment of a current loop or dipole
  3.8 Parallel compensation
  3.9 Series compensation
  3.10 Stray magenetic field
  3.11 Submarine battery cell notation [(4 x n) + r]
  3.12 Tray, storage battery
4 General requirements
  4.1 Battery tray arrangement and connections
  4.2 Simplicity of battery circuit arrangement
  4.3 Arrangement of battery circuit for minimum magnetic
       moment and minimum magnetic moment separation
  4.4 Arrangement of battery circuit for minimum net magnetic
       moment
  4.5 Positioning of battery connecting bus bars
  4.6 Selection of connecting bus bars
  4.7 External battery circuit connections
  4.8 External battery circuit arrangements
  4.9 Battery arrangement warning plates
5 Detailed requirements
  5.1 Preferred minesweeper storage battery arrangement
  5.2 Bus bar to cable external battery circuit connections
  5.3 Battery starting circuit cable arrangement
  5.4 Submarine storage battery arrangement

Specifies arrangement of storage batteries and their connectors minimizing the stray magnetic field, produced by the current. Relates to minesweeping and submarine applications where a minimum stray magnetic field is required.

Committee	FSC 6140
DevelopmentNote	NOTICE 1 - Notice of Validation (12/2003) New child NOT 2 2022 is added
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	25
ProductNote	New child NOT 2 2022 is added
PublisherName	US Military Specs/Standards/Handbooks
Status	Current

DOD-STD-2143 Base Document:1983	MAGNETIC SILENCING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF NONMAGNETIC SHIPS AND CRAFTS (METRIC)
DOD STD 2003/2 : 0	ELECTRIC PLANT INSTALLATION STANDARD METHODS FOR SURFACE SHIP AND SUBMARINES (EQUIPMENT)
MIL-STD-2003-2 Revision A:2009	ELECTRIC PLANT INSTALLATION STANDARD METHODS FOR SURFACE SHIPS AND SUBMARINES (EQUIPMENT)