Standard for Safety for Portable Power Packs
Scope:
These requirements cover portable and movable power packs provided with one or more batteries or electrochemical capacitor modules. If provided with a battery, the battery shall be either a lead acid or lithium ion battery. For power packs provided with a booster function, the power packs are used for providing a temporary power source to a depleted land vehicle battery, rated 24 V maximum, to provide emergency starting power.
Power packs may be considered suitable for outdoor use, suitable for temporary outdoor use, or suitable for indoor use only.
Power packs may also be provided with additional systems such as an air compressor (tankless type) for inflating tires or other inflatable items, or with a light to act as warning lights to oncoming traffic, as a flashlight, or the like. These functions are also powered by the internal battery.
These requirements also cover the power pack options such as lights, voltmeters, internal air compressor assemblies, associated gauges, inverters, vehicle adapters, and internal batteries, as well as the charging of the internal batteries, when these options are integral to the power pack.
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