SR EN 50272-3:2003

Safety requirements for secondary batteries and battery installations -- Part 3: Traction batteries

This standard 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 road vehicles (e.g. passenger and goods vehicles, golf carts, bicycles, wheelchairs). The nominal voltages are limited to 1 000 V a.c. and 1 500 V d.c. respectively and describe the principal measures for protection against hazards generally from electricity, gas emission and electrolyte. It provides requirements on safety aspects associated with the installation, use, inspection, maintenance and disposal of batteries. It covers lead-acid, nickel cadmium and other alkaline secondary batteries. NOTE It is intended to amend this standard to include other battery systems when they become available.

General information

Status : Withdrawn
Approval date : 6/30/2003
Publish date : 7/1/2003
Withdrawal date : 8/14/2017
Number of pages : 20
ICS : 29.220.20 Acid secondary cells and batteries
Technical Committee : 161 - Secondary cells and batteries

Relations with other standards:

Normative reference SR EN 1175-1:2003
Normative reference SR EN 1987-1:2003
Replaced by SR EN 62485-3:2015
Amended by SR EN 50272-3:2003/AC:2014