This Standard specifies the following items with respect to small-sized valve regulated lead-acid batteries for cyclic application, tackle application and float application which do not require water addition (hereafter referred to as "batteries") in order to prevent danger or damage to persons and materials.
—Matters to be taken into consideration for the safety of a battery system used for an electric appliance, when an engineer who designs the electric appliance with a battery accommodated (hereafter referred to as "engineer") designs the electric appliance.
—Minimum matters concerning the safety information passed on to the user of the battery (hereafter referred to as "user").
This Standard is also applicable to batteres of types specified in JIS C 8702-2.
This.Standard is not applicable to batteries used for the following usages.
—Stationary lead-acid batteries specified in JIS C 8704 standards group
—Lead-acid, starter batteries.specified in JIS D 530.1
—Lead-acid traction batteries specified in JIS D 5303 standards group
NOTE : The International Standard corresponding to this Standard is as follows.
IEC/TR 61056-3 : 1991 Portable lead-acid cells and batteries (Valve-regulated types) — Part 3 : Safety recommendations for use in electric appliances (MOD)
In addition, symbols which denote the degree of correspondence in the contents between the relevant International Standard and JIS are IDT (identical), MOD (modified), and NEQ (not equivalent) according to ISO/IEC Guide 21.