242 — Battery type and safety

24 codes · Introduced in Issue 45

Code Description History
00 Batteries not required modified
No electronics included. The default if battery type and safety information is omitted 		+45 · ✎71
01 Batteries built in
Batteries built in or pre-installed in product, non-user replaceable. May use <ProductFormFeatureDescription> to provide further details 		+45
02 Batteries pre-installed
Batteries pre-installed, user replaceable. Use <ProductFormFeatureDescription> to provide further details, eg ‘2 x 1.2V LR6 / AA rechargeable’, with these details formatted as [integer] x [number]V [type or descriptive text] and usually taken from the outer packaging 		+45
03 Batteries supplied
Batteries included with the product, but not pre-installed. Use <ProductFormFeatureDescription> to provide further details, eg ‘2 x 1.2V LR6 / AA rechargeable’, with these details formatted as [integer] x [number]V [type or descriptive text] and usually taken from the outer packaging 		+45
04 Batteries required
Batteries required for use, but not supplied with the product. May use <ProductFormFeatureDescription> to provide further details, eg ‘2 x 1.2V LR6 / AA rechargeable’, with these details formatted as [integer] x [number]V [type or descriptive text] and usually taken from the outer packaging 		+45
05 Batteries supplied spare
Spare batteries included with product, in addition to those specified using codes 02 or 03. May use <ProductFormFeatureDescription> to provide further details 		+45
06 Safety data sheet available
(Material) Safety Data Sheet available for the product (including its batteries). <ProductFormFeatureDescription> must be used to supply URL of documentation 		+45
07 Technical data sheet available
Battery manufacturer’s technical data sheet available. <ProductFormFeatureDescription> must be used to supply URL of documentation 		+45
08 Rechargeable
Independent of whether charger is supplied as part of the product. Note that this is largely dependent on battery chemistry, but should be specified separately to avoid ambiguity 		+45
09 Non-rechargeable +45
10 Battery warning text
<ProductFormFeatureDescription> contains battery safety-related warning text, generally taken from the outer packaging (eg ‘Warning – internal battery: product must not be pierced’) 		+45
20 Battery chemistry
<ProductFormFeatureDescription> must provide details of the battery chemistry (eg ‘Sodium-Sulfur’). Use ONLY where no suitable code exists for the specific chemistry used 		+45
21 Lithium-ion
For all specific battery chemistries, <ProductFormFeatureDescription> may optionally describe the battery construction – for example the number of individual cells per battery and any other physical details, eg ‘4 x pouch cells’ 		+45
22 Lithium-polymer +45
23 Lithium-metal +45
24 Nickel-metal hydride +45
25 Nickel-Cadmium +45
26 Zinc-Manganese dioxide
‘Alkaline battery’ 		+45
27 Zinc-Carbon
Common ‘dry cell’ battery 		+45
28 Zinc-air +45
29 Silver oxide +45
97 WEEE waste
No batteries are required or included with the product, possibly because it is externally powered, but the product may nonetheless qualify as Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) upon disposal. <ProductFormFeatureDescription> may contain a brief description of the electrical or electronic components that form a part of the product. Note that presence of any battery information except code 00 indicates the product may be subject to WEEE regulation, and this code need not be included unless a description is needed 		+71
98 Battery safety warning text
Exact text of warning must be included in <ProductFormFeatureDescription> 		+71
99 Battery description
<ProductFormFeatureDescription> may contain a full description of the batteries supplied (chemistry, cell structure, battery size and weight, number, capacity etc). Use ONLY if the product (or a product part) contains multiple different TYPES of battery that cannot be described with existing codes (eg a mix of battery chemistries or batteries of different sizes, within a single product part) 		+45