EN 50272-4:2007

Safety requirements for secondary batteries and battery installations - Part 4: Batteries for use in portable appliances

This standard applies to the safety aspects associated with the accommodation, the arrangements of circuits and the operation of secondary 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.

Sicherheitsanforderungen an Batterien und Batterieanlagen - Teil 4: Batterien für tragbare Geräte

Diese Norm gilt für Sicherheitsfragen, die mit der Unterbringung, der Schaltungsanordnung und dem Betrieb von Sekundär-Batterien in tragbaren Geräten in Verbindung stehen. Es werden Anforderungen festgelegt, die die Hersteller von Geräten und von Sekundär-Batterien verpflichten, die missbräuchliche Nutzung von Batterien beim Betrieb zu verhindern, Schutzmaßnahmen vorzusehen, die verhindern, dass im Falle eines Batteriefehlers Personen verletzt werden, und dem Anwender ausreichende Informationen zur Verfügung zu stellen.

Règles de sécurité pour les batteries d’accumulateurs et leur installation - Partie 4: Batteries d’accumulateurs utilisées dans les appareils portables

La présente norme s’applique aux aspects de sécurité liés à l'emplacement, la disposition des circuits et le fonctionnement des éléments et batteries d’accumulateurs dans les appareils portables. Des exigences sont spécifiées pour que les fabricants d’appareils et de batteries d’accumulateurs soient tenus d’empêcher l’utilisation impropre des batteries d’accumulateurs au cours de leur fonctionnement, de fournir des mesures de protection pour éviter de blesser les personnes en cas de défaillance de la batterie d’accumulateurs et de fournir des informations suffisantes aux utilisateurs.

Varnostne zahteve za sekundarne baterije in baterijske naprave - 4. del: Baterije za prenosne aparate

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 15-Mar-2007
• ICS: 29.220.20 - Acid secondary cells and batteries
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 21X - Secondary cells and batteries
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 21 - IEC_TC_21
• Parallel Committee: IEC/TC 21 - IEC_TC_21
• Current Stage: 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
• Start Date: 09-Apr-2019
• Completion Date: 09-Apr-2019
• Mandate: M/024 - Mandate to CEN/CENELEC/ETSI for programming and standardization in the field of railway equipment
• Ref Project: SIST EN 50272-4:2007 - Safety requirements for secondary batteries and battery installations -- Part 4: Batteries for use in portable appliances

Relations

• Replaced By: EN IEC 62485-4:2018 - Safety requirements for secondary batteries and battery installations - Part 4: Valve-regulated lead-acid batteries for use in portable appliances
• Effective Date: 26-Jan-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 50272-4:2007
01-december-2007
Varnostne zahteve za sekundarne baterije in baterijske naprave – 4. del: Baterije za
prenosne aparate
Safety requirements for secondary batteries and battery installations -- Part 4: Batteries
for use in portable appliances
Sicherheitsanforderungen an Batterien und Batterieanlagen -- Teil 4: Batterien für
tragbare Geräte
Regles de sécurité pour les batteries d’accumulateurs et leur installation -- Partie 4:
Batteries d’accumulateurs utilisées dans les appareils portables
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 50272-4:2007
ICS:
29.220.20 .LVOLQVNLVHNXQGDUQLþOHQLLQ Acid secondary cells and
EDWHULMH batteries
SIST EN 50272-4:2007 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 50272-4

NORME EUROPÉENNE
March 2007
EUROPÄISCHE NORM

ICS 29.220.20


English version


Safety requirements for secondary batteries and battery installations -
Part 4: Batteries for use in portable appliances



Règles de sécurité pour les batteries Sicherheitsanforderungen an Batterien
d’accumulateurs et leur installation - und Batterieanlagen -
Partie 4: Batteries d’accumulateurs Teil 4: Batterien für tragbare Geräte
utilisées dans les appareils portables





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EN 50272-4:2007 - 2 -
Foreword
This European Standard was prepared by the Technical Committee CENELEC TC 21X, Secondary cells
and batteries. The text of the draft was submitted to the formal vote and was approved by CENELEC as
EN 50272-4 on 2006-03-01.
The following dates were fixed:
- latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
 at national level by publication of an identical
 national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2007-10-01
- latest date by which the national standards conflicting
 with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2009-03-01
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Contents
 Page
Introduction .4
1 Scope .4
2 Normative references.4
3 Definitions.5
4 Operating instructions .5
5 Dimensions and interchangeability of cells and batteries .6
6 Electrical safety .6
6.1 Protection against incorrect connection polarity .6
6.2 Design of battery and battery compartments .6
6.3 Compartments for consumer replaceable batteri
...