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現有一款battery charger在申請UL 60950-1時, UL說根據Practical Application Guidelines for. s/ y1 G3 g* |- u0 M
Information Technology Equipment –Safety – Part-1: General RequirementsPAG 60950-1, First Edition, 如下:) n8 a* Q: N7 [1 e- x( t
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4.3.8-3 Performance requirements for battery chargers with battery packs9 z1 a: H, l# u* ]
STANDARD IEC/UL 60950-1
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' W+ B9 p x6 F; W) q( J, Q(Sub)CLAUSE/ANNEX NUMBER: 4.3.8
. \* j. u w8 L# S(Sub)CLAUSE/ANNEX HEADING: Batteries
/ M/ U9 }! @1 L S0 XOTHER RELEVANT (Sub)CLAUSES/ANNEXES (as" I q) _) v) e1 R; L5 ?
Applicable):
7 U h3 g( I( I" T7 S/ |1.7.2, 4.5, 5.3
6 q& Y- [4 n$ ]8 s0 g$ u' FDESCRIPTION OF ISSUE:
7 _: \7 O M; p+ p6 A- ]Type of Issue: Technical/Certification$ S/ j0 Y" s1 |- ^+ S
What are the construction and performance requirements for battery chargers (with battery
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$ r' y, F& M0 `9 c! \/ {% @4 l: d7 {product investigation or part of an Accessory Listing investigation?
5 i V% p6 W5 ]$ hAPPLICATION GUIDELINE:/ a6 {1 H; P9 K6 `+ y4 J
The following are general construction and performance guidelines.
& j0 s7 b# W$ ^% nConstruction: The following considerations should be given to battery chargers (and packs)$ j: y6 g! g0 j+ H% R* P
during the construction evaluation.
! w9 x$ a& X9 ~8 P4 C9 Ua. A marking should be provided on the battery charger indicating the specific model
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4 t! ^4 V: l2 i4 \8 u2 u/ Y4 H' I ub. The charger should be marked to indicate the battery pack (mfg./type/rating) for
! i4 H0 q3 A" {/ ~3 t6 Iwhich the battery charger is to be used;1 j8 [8 R! y9 A
c. The battery charger and battery pack constructions should be controlled in the UL% j; j9 v. N, Y3 O
Follow-up Procedure.
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established for battery chargers:/ t3 m3 @* h9 T9 M. `! C
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a. For external stand-alone battery chargers that have the capability of supplying ITE; ~9 b7 C1 g3 S$ @4 q% i
with power, a Heating Test (sub-clause 4.5) should be conducted with the battery7 p; I! j% C4 x |* [: U
charger supplying the ITE load. Discharged battery packs should be replaced with fully
1 C9 a- C5 H$ `1 acharged battery packs until thermal equilibrium is achieved;
" y: t5 J% q& x: p) O! N$ E' F5 Gb. For all battery charger circuits, a Heating Test (sub-clause 4.5) should be
' y3 V- q1 U+ b# yconducted with the battery charger charging battery packs that have been fully" P' E6 d( N# i' [" k8 ?
discharged;
& f% b! g% F# {c. If the battery charging circuit is supplied by a transformer, a Transformer Overload) h5 {0 q; e; m) d8 e
(C1) Test should be conducted on the transformer that supplies the charging circuit.
! s D% Y2 Z2 X E4 r- hd. An Abnormal Operation Test program (per Sub-clauses 4.3.8 and 5.3.6) should be
; P! p2 x$ Q N( b ]designed anticipating possible foreseeable fault conditions, including a short circuit of
$ T* J) U( g. ]7 Q, a7 T; Fthe battery charger output (if user accessible) and reverse polarity testing of the
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RATIONALE:
, h- V- n3 C6 `6 B' c9 k* W$ rBattery chargers evaluated under this Standard introduce some unique considerations into
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packs and use of battery packs other than that specified by the manufacturer could create a2 d/ n, _* V1 P( C
hazard. Therefore, it is prudent to require correlation marking between charger unit and battery
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Battery charger circuits typically are supplied power by a transformer. During the charging cycle,
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0 k4 ^3 _# f- vcircuit will be subjected to an overload condition. Therefore, requiring a transformer overload
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Comments:
# m& R9 |: T. h& H+ \* j$ ]Interpretation Systems: NONE) ?& P( f, l; W9 o; x( c4 z* c
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需要管控電池, 且需要指定電池的型號及廠家, 還有在Heating Test及Input Test需要用到電池, 但我的battery charger并不打算連同電池一起銷售呀, 且也目前沒有跟此battery charger搭配的電池.
7 R& H8 K: ]" Y0 U3 p請問這樣合理嗎?請大家討論下. |
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