IEC 62485-3:2014
Safety requirements for secondary batteries and battery installations - Part 3: Traction batteries
Abstract
IEC 62485-3:2014 applies to secondary batteries and battery installations used for electric vehicles, e.g. in electric industrial trucks (including lift trucks, tow trucks, cleaning machines, automatic guided vehicles), in battery powered locomotives, in electric vehicles (e.g. goods vehicles, golf carts, bicycles, wheelchairs), and does not cover the design of such vehicles. It provides requirements on safety aspects associated with the installation, use, inspection, maintenance and disposal of batteries.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) a comprehensive revision of Clause 6, presenting a unified and changed formula for the calculation of the required ventilation air flow during battery charging;
b) addition of requirements for properties of floor material and battery changing equipment in Clause 9.
a) a comprehensive revision of Clause 6, presenting a unified and changed formula for the calculation of the required ventilation air flow during battery charging;
b) addition of requirements for properties of floor material and battery changing equipment in Clause 9.
Additional information
Publication type | International Standard |
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Publication date | 2014-07-10 |
Edition | 2.0 |
Available language(s) | English/French, Spanish |
TC/SC | TC 21 - Secondary cells and batteriesrss |
ICS | 29.220.20 - Acid secondary cells and batteries 29.220.30 - Alkaline secondary cells and batteries 43.040.10 - Electrical and electronic equipment |
Stability date | 2025 |
Pages | 45 |
File size | 1209 KB |
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