UL 9540-2016 pdf download – ANSI/CAN/UL-9540:201 6, Energy Storage Systems and Equipment.
7 Non-Metallic Materials 7.1 Polymeric materials employed for enclosures of electrical equipment shall comply with 7.2 and the enclosure requirements outlined in the Standard for Polymeric Materials – Use in Electrical Equipment Evaluations, UL 746C, Path III of the Enclosure Requirements, or the Standard for Evaluation of Properties of Polymeric Materials, CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 0.1 7. 7.2 In addition to the items in 7.3, polymeric electrical enclosures shall have the following properties: a) Minimum 5 VA flame rating, or the enclosure complies with the 1 27 mm (5 inch) Flame test of the Standard for Polymeric Materials – Use in Electrical Equipment Evaluations, UL 746C, and may require flame spread testing per the Enclosure Flammability – Large Surface Area Considerations test of UL 746C; b) Insulation material properties per the Material Property Considerations table of UL 746C; c) Compliance with the Strain-Relief Test after Mold Stress-Relief Distortion of UL 746C if serving as a securement means for a strain relief ; d) Compliance with the Ultraviolet Light Exposure test of UL 746C if exposed to UV rays in the end use; e) Compliance with the Water Exposure and Immersion test of UL 746C if exposed to rain in the end use; and f) Compliance with the Conduit Connections in the Enclosure Requirements table of UL 746C if mounting conduit connections.
10 General Electrical Safety and Walk-in Systems 1 0.1 The instructions shall include measures and procedures for worker safety in, on or adjacent to the energy storage system according to the Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, NFPA 70E, and the Standard for Workplace Electrical Safety, CSA Z462, and Section 2 of the Canadian Electrical Code, Part I Safety Standard for Electrical Installations, C22.1 , and in accordance with this standard. 1 0.2 Where persons can access the hazardous areas within the energy storage system enclosure, procedures for safe entry into and exiting the system shall be provided in the product’s instructions. Means, such as but not limited to a placard(s) and lock(s), shall be provided to prevent unauthorized persons from entering these hazardous areas. 1 0.3 Entrances to the enclosure shall be designed to prevent persons from becoming trapped within the enclosure (i.e. entrances shall be able to be opened from inside the enclosure without use of a tool or key should they become closed). Personnel door(s) intended for entrance to, and egress from an enclosure, shall open in the direction of egress. The egress door shall be marked with the word ″Exit″ and the line-of-sight to an exit sign shall not be interrupted. Any doorway or passage that might be mistaken for an exit shall be marked ″Not an Exit″ or with an indication of its actual use. See 39.9.