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BS 6290-3:1999

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Lead-acid stationary cells and batteries Specification for the flat positive plate type

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English

Published date

15-02-2000

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Committees responsible
      Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Materials and components
5 Performance
6 Type tests
7 Identification marks
Annex A (informative) Applications
Annex B (informative) Electromagnetic compatibility
Annex C (informative) Operational recommendations
Annex D (informative) Recharge characteristics
Annex E (informative) Operating characteristics
Annex F (normative) Additional capacity tests
Bibliography
Figure D.1 - Typical recharge characteristics of flat-plate
             cells using constant-current charging following
             a discharge at the 3h rate
Figure D.2 - Typical recharge characteristics of flat-plate
             cells using limited-voltage charging following
             a discharge at the 3h rate
Figure F.1 - Final voltages at discharge rates between
             1h and 10h
Figure F.2 - Final voltages at discharge rates faster than 1hr

Defines requirements for the materials and performance of stationary cells and batteries comprising either individual lead-acid cells or monobloc units of the flat-plate type.

Committee
PEL/21
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 96/201003 DC, BS 6290-1(1983) and BS 6290-3(1986) (09/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, December 2012. (11/2012)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
14
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

This part of BS 6290 specifies requirements for the materials and performance of stationary cells and batteries comprising either individual lead-acid cells or monobloc units of the flat-plate type.

NOTE Information on applications is given in annex A. Annex B clarifies the position of these cells and batteries with respect to electromagnetic compatibility.

1989/336/EEC : 1989 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE OF 3 MAY 1989 ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY
BS 3031:1996 Specification for sulfuric acid used in lead-acid batteries
R021-001 : 1998 APPLICATION OF THE CE MARKING REQUIREMENTS OF SECONDARY CELLS AND BATTERIES
BS 6334:1983 Methods of test for the determination of the flammability of solid electrical insulating materials when exposed to an igniting source
BS 4974:1975 Specification for water for lead-acid batteries
BS EN 60896-1:1992 Stationary lead-acid batteries. General requirements and methods of test Vented types

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