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“Best Practice Guide: Battery Storage Equipment — Electrical Safety Requirements.” What’s In It And Who’s It For?<\/p><\/div>\n

In July 2018 the “Best Practice Guide: Battery Storage Equipment — Electrical Safety Requirements<\/a>” was published.\u00a0 This was a momentous event in the history of battery safety guides and I can remember exactly where I was when I heard the news.\u00a0 I was in Australia1<\/a><\/sup>.\u00a0 Before this day there was no specific product safety guide covering lithium home batteries.\u00a0 But now, in our time of need, it is here.<\/p>\n

The guide exists because there was a need for clear and consistent safety criteria for residential lithium battery systems.\u00a0 While existing standards already applied it was important to develop one clear and consistent set of safety criteria so everyone would be on the same page — or the same set of 40 pages.<\/p>\n

What The Guide Is For<\/h2>\n

The guide is made for manufacturers and importers so they can ensure battery systems<\/a> they make or bring into the country meet minimum safety standards.\u00a0 The report says:<\/p>\n

“By applying the safety criteria, manufacturers and importers can demonstrate that their equipment meets the minimum acceptable level for safety for installation in household environments and provides an acceptable level for safety for installation in household environments and provides an acceptable measure of protection against hazards such as electrical, mechanical, thermal, fire and radiation.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Having one best practice guide should make suppliers jobs easier and will hopefully reduce the cost of home battery storage in Australia by a small, but still helpful, amount.<\/p>\n

Who The Guide Is For<\/h2>\n

Because most of us aren’t in the habit of manufacturing home battery storage systems or shipping container loads of them over from China, South Korea, the USA, or other weird countries; the guide isn’t going to be of direct interest to a lot of people.\u00a0 If you are a home owner looking for a battery system it’s not going to help you select one suitable for your needs.\u00a0 But if you are interested in the technical aspects of battery system safety don’t let me put you off reading it.\u00a0 It’s 40 pages jammed packed with words.\u00a0 And not just words, but also punctuation.\u00a0 Just when you think one sentence has come to a full stop another one starts up.\u00a0 It was so riveting I hardly fell asleep at all.<\/p>\n

The guide is more valuable to installers who can use it to check if battery systems they work with are up to scratch with regard to safety and can allow them identify areas that may need improvement.\u00a0 More generally, they can use the information and principles in the guide to determine if battery storage is safe to install in specific situations.<\/p>\n

Who Made The Guide<\/h2>\n

The best practice guide was developed by various stakeholders.\u00a0 These included but weren’t limited to:<\/p>\n