This recommended practice provides design methods and procedures for storage, placement, installation, ventilation, instrumentation, pre-assembly, assembly and charging of lead-acid (VRLA) batteries with a control valve. Required security measures are also included. This recommended practice is applicable to stationary installations with floating charge mode.
This recommended practice contains several informative applications. They provide additional educational information related to the topics presented in the main body of the document.
Battery sizing, maintenance, capacity checking, charging equipment, battery protection, and monitoring are outside the scope of this recommended practice. The use of alternative energy is also beyond the scope of this recommended practice.

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Introduction 6
1 OVERVIEW 7
1.1 7 SCOPE
1.2 PURPOSE OF DOCUMENTS 7
2 References 7
3 Definitions 8
3.1 DEFINITIONS 8
3.2 ABBREVIATIONS 9
4 Safety 10
4.1 GENERAL 10
4.2 10 Electrical hazards
4.2.1 Electrical Hazard 10
4.2.2 Detection short circuit to ground 10
4.2.3 Risk of arc flash 11
4.3 CHEMICAL DANGERS 12
4.4 THERMAL DANGERS 12
4.5 DANGERS WHEN LIFTING AND MOVING 12
4.6 INDIVIDUAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) 12
5 INSTALLATION DESIGN CRITERIA 13
5.1 LOCATION 13 5.1 5.1
General considerations 13 5.1.1 General
5.1.2 Design with service in mind 14
5.1.2.1 Installation in a rack or rack 14
5.1.2.2 Installation in a cabinet 14
5.2 INSTALLATION 14
5.3 ACCOUNTING SEISMIC INFLUENCE 15
5.4 VENTILATION 15
5.4.1 Temperature control 15
5.4.2 Control of hydrogen concentration 16
5.5 INSTRUMENTS , OPERATION AND ALARMS 17
5.5.1 Tools 17
5.5.2 Operation 17
5.5.3 Alarm 17
5.6 PARALLEL BATTERY RULES 18
5.7 CHARGE 18
5.8 PROTECTION OF THE BATTERY 19
5.8.1 General 19
5.8.2 Additional considerations regarding parallel battery rulers 19
6 INSTALLATION PROCEDURES 19
6.1 RECEPTION AND STORAGE 19
6.1.1 Check upon receipt 19
6.1.2 Unpacking 20
6.1.3 Storage 20
6.2 INSTALLATION 20
6.2.1 Racks, cases and modules 20
6.2.2 Mounting the can / battery and connections 20
6.3 RESTORATION / FIRST CHARGE AND TEST 22
6.3.1 Regenerating / first charge 22
6.3.2 Preparation of exchangeable VRLA jars / batteries 23
6.3.3 internal resistance measurements 23
6.4 CONNECTION TO THE SYSTEM DC 24
6.5 MEASURING AC ripple voltage and Current 24
6.6 MEASUREMENT OF TEMPERATURE AND bATTERY TEMPERATURE OF THE ENVIRONMENT 24
6.7 MEASURING CURRENT cHARGE BATTERY 24
6.7.1 General Ie 24
6.7.2 Parallel rulers 24
6.7.3 Serial parallel ruler 24
6.8 25 RANGE SHIFT
7 Report 25
7.1 O WRITE DATA BASE warranty and 25
7.2 RECORDING ON THE PROTECTION AND SECURITY ENVIRONMENT 26
Annex A (Informative) References 27
ANNEX B (informative) thermal runaway 28
ANNEX C ( Informative) EFFECT OF HIGH TEMPERATURE ON EXPECTED LIFE BATTERY 29
Annex D (informative) RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT COMPOUND 30
D.1 GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS 30
D.2 SINGLE AND PARALLEL CONNECTION 32
D.3 multipolar wirings 34
D.4 SINGLE RBU OUTPUT
CONNECTIONS 35 D.5 CABLE USE 36
APPENDIX E (INFORMATIVE) MEASUREMENT OF THE INTERNAL RESISTANCE OF THE BANK 40
APPENDIX F (INFORMATIVE) HANDLING OF MATERIALS 42
F.1 WORKING WITH THE BATTERY 42
F.2 TRANSPORTATION 42
MOBILE ACCOMMODATION
44
APPENDIX G (INFORMATIVE) INDIVIDUAL PROTECTION AGAINST ARC FLASH 45