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Electrical equipment for explosive atmospheres — Battery-operated vehicles

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Specifies requirements for battery-operated vehicles (truck and tractors) which incorporate a storage battery of the lead-acid type as the source of power, which may be all-electric or electrohydraulic in operation, and which may be used where flammable gases or vapours may be present.

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PREFACE

1 SCOPE

2 APPLICATION

3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS

4 DEFINITIONS

5 GROUPING

6 TEMPERATURE CLASSIFICATION

7 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

7.1 Electrical equipment

7.2 Flameproof enclosures

7.3 Construction materials

7.4 Additional precautions

8 BATTERY AND BATTERY CONTAINERS

8.1 General

8.2 Vent plugs

9 PLUG AND SOCKET CONNECTORS

9.1 General

9.2 Multipole connectors

9.3 Single-pole connectors

10 ELECTRICAL PROTECTION

10.1 General

10.2 Bonding

10.3 Overload protection

10.4 Connection of frame

10.5 Leakage-to-frame protection

11 CABLING

12 WHEELS AND TYRES

13 BRAKES

13.1 General

13.2 Parking brake

14 MARKING

15 TESTS

15.1 Temperature rise

15.2 Brakes

15.3 Antistatic tyres