STD.BSI BS EN 60095-1-ENGL 1993 1624669 0861449 OS? BRITISH STANDARD BSEN 60095-1:1993 Incorporating Amendments Nos 1, and 3, and Corrigendum NO.1 Lead-acid starter batteries Part 1: General requirements and methods of test The European Standard EN 60095-1:1993 with the incorporation of amendments A2:1995, All: 1995, A13:1997 and A12:1999 has the status of a British Standard ics 29.220.20 NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMI'ITED BY COPYRIGHT LAW STD.BSI BS EN 60095-1-ENGL 1993 1624669 0861450 879 BS EN 60096-1 : 1993 Cooperating organizations The European Committee for Electroteehnlca1 Standardization (CENELEC), under whose supervision this European Standard was prepared, comprises the national committees of the following countries: Italy Austria Belgium Demnark Finland FIance Gennany Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Greece Iceland Ireland ADlendments 1s8ued since publication 'I1lis BritIsh Standard, baWlg beenprepared under the direction of the Light Electrical EngIneeringStandanIs PoUey Committee, was published under the authority of the Standards Board and comes into effect on 15 December 1993 e BSI07-2000 The foUowlng BSI references mate to the work on thls standaId: Committee reference LEU21 Special &nnOlUlcement in BSl Nrws, November1993 ISBN 580 22648 Amd.No Date Comments 8826 October 1995 Indicated by a double sideline 8827 October 1995 Indicated by a double sideline See national foreword 10637 Aprll2000 Indicated by a double sideline See national foreword SPECIAL NOTE: AMD 10537 April 2000incorporates AMD 10266 May 1999 11016 July 2000 Addditionof SPECIAL NOTE regarding AMD 10637 STD.BSI BS EN 6009S-1-ENGL 1993 1624669 08614S1 70S BS EN 60095-1:1993 Contents Cooperating organizations National foreword Page Inside front cover Foreword Text of EN 60095-1 National annex NA (informative) Conunittees responsible 23 National foreword This Part of this British Standard has been prepared under the direction of the Light Electrical Engineering Standards Policy Conunittee and is the English language version of EN 60095-1:1993 Lead-acid starter batteries Part 1: General requirements and methods of test, including amendments A2:1995, A11:1995, AI3:1997 and AI2:1999 published by the European Conunittee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) It was derived by CENELEC from IEC 95-1:1988 including corrigendum April 1900 and amendment 2:1995 published by the International Electrotechnical Conunission (lEC) The CENELEC cornmon modifications have been implemented in the appropriate places in the text and are indicated by a sideline NOTE Amendment All:1995 adds annex ZB to the document, and amendment A13:1997 adds annex zc This Part of this British Standard supersedes BS 3911 : Part : 1982 and BS 3911 : Part 2: 1987, which are withdrawn It should be noted that Technical Conunittee PEIJ21 voted against the CENELEC Amendment All because it disagreed with the ETN battering numbering system requirements in so far as it is considered that the system will lead to restrictive trade practices and is therefore not consistent with the purpose of a standard The basis for disagreement arises from the following a) Listings referred to in ZB.2.2 are not available within the public domain b) Reference has to be made to an external service company whose terms of reference and the method they use to determine the number, as required in ZB.2.2, are also not made available to the public domain c) Accredited national bodies should be able to issue and certify such a numbering system as with any other certifiable parameter that is defined in a standard A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and ii, the EN title page, pages 2, 2a and 2b, to 6, 6a and 6b, to 14, 14a and 14b, 15 to 23 and a back cover The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued © BSI 04-2000 STD.BSI BS EN 60095-1-ENGL 1993 II 1624669 0861452 641 II ii blank STD.BSI BS EN 6009S-1-ENGL 1993 1624669 0861453 588 EN 60095-1 EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EURopEENNE September 1993 EUROpAIscHE NORM March 1995 +A2 + All March 1995 +A13 December 1997 +A12 February 1999 UDC 621.355.2:621.43.044.7 : 620.1 Descriptors: Lead-acid battery, starter battery, identification, labelling, electrical characteristics, mechanical characteristics, test conditions, test methods, tests English version Lead-acid starter batteries - Part 1: General requirements and methods of test (includes amendments A2:1995, All:1995, A13:1997 and A12:1999) (lEC 95-1:1998, modified + Corrigendum 1990 + A2:1995) Batteries d'accumulateurs de demarrage au plomb - Partie 1: Prescriptions generales et methodes d'essais (inclut les amendements A2:1995, A11:1995, A13:1997 et A12:1999) (CEl 95-1:1988, modifiee + Corrigendum 1990 Blei-Starterbatterien - Tell 1: Allgemeine Anforderungen und PrUfungen (enhalt Anderungen A2:1995, All:1995, A13:1997 und A12:1999) (lEC 95-1:1988, modifiziert + Corrigendum HmO + A2:1995) + A2:1995) This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 1993-03-09 CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CENELEC member This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German) A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom CENELEC European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization Comite Europeen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europaisches Komitee fUr Elektrotechnische Normung Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 35, B·I050 Brussels © 1993 Copyright reserved to CENELEC members Ref No EN 60095-1:1993 + A2:1995 + All:1995 + A13:1997 + A12:1999 E STD.BSI BS EN 60095-1-ENGL 1993 1624669 0861454 414 Page EN 60095-1:1993 Foreword to amendment All Foreword The CENELEC questionnaire procedure, performed for finding out whether or not the International Standard IEC 95-1:1988 and its corrigendum April 1990 could be accepted without textual changes, has shown that some common modifications were necessary for the acceptance as a European Standard The reference document, together with the common modifications prepared by the CENELEC Teclmical Committee TC 21X, Secondary cells and batteries was submitted to the Unique Acceptance Procedure (UAP) in May 1992 and was approved by CENELEC as EN 60095-1 on March 1993 In this European Standard the common modifications to the International Standard are indicated by a vertical line in the left margin of the text The following dates were fixed: - latest date of publication of an identical national standard (dop) 1994-03-01 - latest date of withdrawal of conflicting national standards (dow) 1994-03-01 For products which have complied with the relevant national standard before 1994-03-01, as shown by the manufacturer or by a certification body, this previous standard may continue to apply for production until 1999-03-01 Annexes designated "nonnative" are part of the body of the standard In this standard, annex ZA is nonnative Foreword to amendment A2 The text of document 21(CO)332 + 332A, future amendment to IEC 95-1:1988, prepared by IEC TC 21, Secondary cells and batteries, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as amendment A2 to EN 60095-1:1993 on 1995-03-06 The following dates were fixed: - latest date by which the amendment has to be implemented at national level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement (dop) 1996-03-01 - latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the amendment have to be withdrawn This amendment was prepared by the Technical Committee CENELEC TC 21X, Secondary cells and batteries The text of the draft was submitted to the Unique Acceptance Procedure and was approved by CENELEC as amendment All to EN 60095-1:1993 on 1995-