The following are personal opinions only. In general, conformity to the applicable standard is always "necessary"; but not always 'required'. In any case, note that UL 1642 is scoped specifically for Li batteries
In particular, 'it depends'. Is the charger and end-use installation a fire or shock hazard if a battery, dies a violent death ? Is there any normal or abnormal operating condition in the charger or the end-use install that could result in battery damage/explosion/fire ? Also, there are separate DOT requirements for the shipment of some types of Lithium batteries. luck, Brian From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org]On Behalf Of Gartman, Richard Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 6:51 AM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: RE: UL 2054 testing for lithium batteries I am looking for when UL 2054 testing is necessary for rechargeable lithium batteries? Required on cell phone batteries? Required on consumer electronic? All perspectives on rechargeable lithium batteries are welcome. Thank you W. Richard Gartman, MS, CSP - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
