Teardown 2025 Battery Talk

The Woes of Putting a Battery in It

This is a repo for slides and links to battery information and regulations.

Public link to slides:

• https://www.canva.com/design/DAGqLzF1dQg/PsCFn5-dAV91Doaly4ey2Q/view?utm_content=DAGqLzF1dQg&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h1618b96104

Note that several slides use images & text that were sequentially overlaid upon a button click, these sadly do not export well and just show the final jumble of everything overlaid. If you have any questions about those slides, feel free to message me.

Summary of Lithium and Coin Cell Shipping & Product Regs:

• https://www.compliancegate.com/lithium-battery-safety-standards-united-states/#Consumer_Product_Safety_Improvement_Act_CPSIA

CPSC Overview of Coin Cell Regs:

• https://www.cpsc.gov/Business--Manufacturing/Business-Education/Business-Guidance/Button-Cell-and-Coin-Battery
• https://www.cpsc.gov/FAQ/Button-Cell-and-Coin-Battery-FAQs

Reese’s Law:

• https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5313
• https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5313/text

16 CFR Part 1263:

• https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-16/chapter-II/subchapter-B/part-1263
• https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/09/21/2023-20334/safety-standard-for-button-cell-or-coin-batteries-and-consumer-products-containing-such-batteries

UL4200A test reports:

• https://pdf.lowes.com/productdocuments/361316d9-313b-46f4-8f90-0682cb0e53a0/67664912.pdf
• https://www.arka-biotech.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Sicherheitsdatenblätter/LR44_UL4200A_-20240507_2_.pdf
• https://s3.cn-north-1.amazonaws.com.cn/tacticsource/10320/202312/s4200A_1_UniversalElectronicsInc21140246.pdf

Test Probe 11 - The Rigid Test Finger:

• http://www.iec61032.com/downloads/Test-Probe-11.html
• http://www.iecgauges.com/Uploads/download/573ae61fe6b78.pdf

UL Info:

• https://www.ul.com/sites/default/files/2024-03/REESES-Law-FAQ.pdf
• https://www.ulstandards.com/onlineviewer/onlineviewer.aspx?StandardDocumentID=29088&UserUsageID=5852195

Intertek Fact Sheet:

• https://www.oaktreeproducts.com/img/product/description/Reese%27s%20Law%20Documentation.pdf

CPSC GCC Guidelines (General Certificate of Conformity):

• https://www.cpsc.gov/Business--Manufacturing/Testing-Certification/General-Certificate-of-Conformity

CE Testing:

• https://www.jjrlab.com/news/lithium-battery-iec-en62133-testing-requirements.html

CR2032 Datasheet:

• https://data.energizer.com/pdfs/cr2032.pdf

UN 38.3:

• https://unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/danger/publi/manual/Manual%20Rev5%20Section%2038-3.pdf
• https://www.compliancegate.com/un-38-3-guide/

Lithium Battery Shipping:

• https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/2023-07/Lithium%20Battery%20Guide.pdf
• https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52apxc_032.htm
• https://assets.ups.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:62d93744-7fb0-4c32-8969-a713a48839f9/original/as/pack-ship-batteries-us-en.pdf
• https://www.fedex.com/content/dam/fedex/us-united-states/services/LithiumBattery_Overview.pdf
• https://www.iata.org/contentassets/50a83848e331470e8c5e735bc1d27727/image6fj1.png
• https://www.iata.org/en/publications/newsletters/iata-knowledge-hub/what-to-know-about-how-to-ship-lithium-batteries
• https://www.iata.org/contentassets/05e6d8742b0047259bf3a700bc9d42b9/lithium-battery-guidance-document.pdf