IEC 62133:2002

This International Standard specifies performance and safety tests, designations, markings, dimensions and other requirements for secondary lithium batteries. The objective of this standard is to provide the purchasers and users of secondary lithium batteries with a set of criteria with which they can judge the performance and safety of various secondary lithium batteries offered by various manufacturers. This standard defines a minimum required level of performance and safety, and a standardized methodology by which testing is performed and the results of this testing reported to the user. Hence, users will be able to establish the viability of commercially available batteries via the declared specification and thus be able to select the battery best suited for their intended application.

This International Standard specifies performance and safety tests, designations, markings, dimensions and other requirements for secondary lithium single cells. The objective of this standard is to provide the purchasers of secondary lithium cells with a set of criteria with which they can judge the performance and safety of various secondary lithium cells offered by various manufacturers.

Specifies tests and requirements for portable sealed alakline secondary cells and batteries (other than button) for their safe operation under intended use and reasonably foreseable misuse.

IEC 62133:2012 is available as IEC 62133:2012 RLV which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition. IEC 62133:2012 specifies requirements and tests for the safe operation of portable sealed secondary cells and batteries (other than button) containing alkaline or other non-acid electrolyte, under intended use and reasonably foreseeable misuse. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: - update of assembly of cells into batteries (5.5); - addition of design recommendations for lithium system only (5.6.2); - separation of nickel systems and lithium systems (Clause 6); - addition of specific requirements and tests for lithium systems (Clause 8); - addition of charging of secondary lithium-ion cells for safe use (Annex A). The contents of the corrigendum of June 2013 have been included in this copy.