Technical Manual BCIS-09A: Battery Flame Retardant Venting System

Battery Technical Manual Section BCIS-09A: Battery Flame Retardant Venting System

Revised 10/24

BCIS-09 is a recommended procedure for testing lead-acid SLI (starting, lighting, and ignition), Heavy-Duty, EV (electric vehicle) and RV (recreational vehicle) batteries to determine the effectiveness of the battery venting system to retard the propagation of an externally ignited flame of battery gas into the interior of the battery where an explosive mixture can be present.

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The lead acid battery ... is legendary. We can recycle 95+ percent of [these] batteries all across the world. It's a very safe chemistry, ... [and] we understand how to use it very, very well.

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