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Description / Abstract:
These requirements address the safety of battery systems
employing lithium ion cells that are intended for use in battery
operated electric power tool and motor operated, heating and
lighting appliance evaluations. The requirements cover both
integral and detachable batteries but do not cover batteries or
cells for general purpose use.
These requirements address the risk of fire or explosion of
these batteries and not any possible hazards associated with
toxicity or electric shock nor potential hazards associated with
transportation or disposal.
Battery systems covered by these requirements are not intended
to be serviced by the end user.
These requirements are structured so as to be used in
conjunction with an end-product standard. These requirements are
not intended to provide comprehensive evaluation of a battery
independent of an end-product standard.
These requirements address the safety of lithium ion battery
systems during storage and use including discharge and charge.
These requirements are only considered to be supplementary
requirements in regards to battery charger fire and electric shock.
The safety of battery chargers for appliances are covered by other
standards such as the Standard for Power Units Other Than Class 2,
UL 1012, or the Standard for Class 2 Power Units, UL 1310.
These requirements refer to and require parameters supplied in
reference to the cells that establish conditions for safe use of
those cells. Those parameters form the basis of acceptance criteria
for a number of tests contained herein. This standard does not
independently cover the safety of cells. These parameters, taken as
a set, constitute the ²Specified Operating Region² for a cell.
There may be several sets of specified operating region(s).
These requirements do not consider the effect of special
applications (such as medical appliances) or special environments
(such as hazardous locations).
These requirements have not assessed for the purposes of
evaluating other end-product categories such as information
technology equipment, telecommunications, laboratory equipment,
fire alarm, security systems, emergency lighting, and audio-video
apparatus, and may be incomplete with respect to those
categories.
These requirements make frequent reference to the conditions and
tests of the end-product standard while often also providing
minimum conditions or severity of tests. These minimum conditions
shall not be construed to imply equivalence to end-product
requirements. Conditions or requirements of end-product standards
shall prevail over the conditions or requirements of this standard,
unless otherwise indicated in this standard.