Lead-acid starter batteries - Part 4: Dimensions of batteries for heavy vehicles

This document is applicable to lead-acid batteries used for heavy vehicles.
The object of this document is to specify the European requirements of the main dimensions of starter batteries.
For new and future developments of the above applications, it is strongly recommended that only batteries from the “Preferred Types” series be used.
Batteries of the series of “Other Types” exist under several national standards. They have been transferred from the previous standard EN 60095-4.
The preferred types A, B and C are newly introduced and correspond closely to the types D4, D5 and D6 with some differences in tolerances and dimensions.

Blei-Akkumulatoren-Starterbatterien - Teil 4: Maße von Nutzkraftwagen-Batterien

Batteries d'accumulateurs de démarrage au plomb - Partie 4: Dimensions des batteries pour poids lourds

Le présent document est applicable aux batteries d’accumulateurs au plomb utilisées pour les poids lourds.
Le présent document a pour objet de spécifier les exigences européennes des dimensions principales des batteries de démarrage.
Pour les nouveaux développements et les évolutions futures des applications mentionnées ci-dessus, il est fortement recommandé d’utiliser seulement les batteries d’accumulateurs des séries de « types préférentiels ».
Des batteries d'accumulateurs des séries “Autres types” existent dans plusieurs normes nationales. Elles ont été reprises de l’ancienne norme EN 60095-4.
Les types préférentiels A, B et C ont été nouvellement intégrés et sont très proches des types D4, D5 et D6 avec quelques différences en ce qui concerne les tolérances et les dimensions.

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20-Jan-2021
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12-Jan-2021
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19-Mar-2021
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 50342-4:2021
01-februar-2021
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 50342-4:2009
Svinčeno-kislinske zagonske baterije - 4. del: Mere baterij za težka gospodarska
vozila
Lead-acid starter batteries - Part 4: Dimensions of batteries for heavy vehicles
Blei-Akkumulatoren-Starterbatterien - Teil 4: Maße von Nutzkraftwagen-Batterien
Batteries d'accumulateurs de démarrage au plomb - Partie 4: Dimensions des batteries
pour poids lourds
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 50342-4:2020
ICS:
29.220.20 Kislinski sekundarni členi in Acid secondary cells and
baterije batteries
SIST EN 50342-4:2021 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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SIST EN 50342-4:2021


EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 50342-4

NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM
November 2020
ICS 29.220.20 Supersedes EN 50342-4:2009 and all of its amendments
and corrigenda (if any)
English Version
Lead-acid starter batteries - Part 4: Dimensions of batteries for
heavy vehicles
Batteries d'accumulateurs de démarrage au plomb - Partie Blei-Akkumulatoren-Starterbatterien - Teil 4: Maße von
4: Dimensions des batteries pour poids lourds Nutzkraftwagen-Batterien
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2020-10-26. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC
Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the
same status as the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.


European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2020 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
 Ref. No. EN 50342-4:2020 E

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SIST EN 50342-4:2021
EN 50342-4:2020 (E)
Contents Page
European foreword . 3
1 Scope . 4
2 Normative references . 4
3 Terms and definitions . 4
4 General requirements . 4
4.1 Safety labelling . 4
4.2 Marking . 5
4.2.1 General . 5
4.2.2 Marking of positive terminals . 5
4.2.3 Marking of negative terminals . 5
4.2.4 Design and dimensions of marking of terminals . 5
4.3 Recycling . 5
4.3.1 Recycling of lead . 5
4.3.2 Recycling of plastic material . 5
4.4 Dimensions and design . 6
4.5 Dimensions of terminals . 6
5 Preferred types . 7
5.1 General . 7
5.2 Main dimensions of types A, B, C and D2 . 7
5.3 Handles for manual handling . 8
5.4 Fastening . 8
5.5 Polarity . 9
5.6 Terminal clearance . 9
5.7 Short circuit protection . 10
5.8 Central degassing . 10
5.9 Bulging of battery side walls . 10
6 Other types . 10
6.1 Fastening . 10
6.2 Main dimension for other types . 11
Bibliography . 16

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SIST EN 50342-4:2021
EN 50342-4:2020 (E)
European foreword
This document (EN 50342-4:2020) has been prepared by CLC/TC 21X “Secondary cells and batteries”.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which this document has (dop) 2021-10-26
to be implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national (dow) 2023-10-26
standards conflicting with this document
have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 50342-4:2009 and all of its amendments and corrigenda (if any).
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

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SIST EN 50342-4:2021
EN 50342-4:2020 (E)
1 Scope
This document is applicable to lead-acid batteries used for heavy vehicles.
The object of this document is to specify the European requirements of the main dimensions of starter batteries.
For new and future developments of the above applications, it is expected that only batteries from the “Preferred
Types” series be used.
Batteries of the series of “Other Types” exist under several national standards. They have been transferred from
the previous standard EN 60095-4.
The preferred types A, B and C are newly introduced and correspond closely to the types D4, D5 and D6 with
some differences in tolerances and dimensions.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes
requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the
latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 50342-1, Lead-acid starter batteries - Part 1: General requirements and methods of test
EN 50342-2, Lead-acid starter batteries - Part 2: Dimensions of batteries and marking of terminals
EN 50342-5, Lead-acid starter batteries - Part 5: Properties of battery housings and handles
EN 61429, Marking of secondary cells and batteries with the international recycling symbol ISO 7000-1135 and
indications regarding directives 93/86/EEC and 91/157/EEC (IEC 61429)
EN ISO 1043-1, Plastics - Symbols and abbreviated terms - Part 1: Basic polymers and their special
characteristics (ISO 1043-1)
IEC 60050-482, International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) — Part 482: Primary and secondary cells and
batteries
IEC 60417, Graphical symbols for use on equipment
ISO 11469, Plastics — Generic identification and marking of plastics products
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in IEC 60050-482 apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
4 General requirements
4.1 Safety labelling
The batteries shall bear the six coloured safety symbols in accordance with EN 50342-1.
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SIST EN 50342-4:2021
EN 50342-4:2020 (E)
4.2 Mar
...

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN 50342-4:2020
01-maj-2020
Svinčeno-kislinske zagonske baterije - 4. del: Mere baterij za težka gospodarska
vozila
Lead-acid starter batteries - Part 4: Dimensions of batteries for heavy vehicles
Blei-Akkumulatoren-Starterbatterien - Teil 4: Maße von Nutzkraftwagen-Batterien
Batteries d'accumulateurs de démarrage au plomb - Partie 4: Dimensions des batteries
pour poids lourds
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 50342-4
ICS:
29.220.20 Kislinski sekundarni členi in Acid secondary cells and
baterije batteries
oSIST prEN 50342-4:2020 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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oSIST prEN 50342-4:2020

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oSIST prEN 50342-4:2020

EUROPEAN STANDARD DRAFT
prEN 50342-4
NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM

March 2020
ICS 29.220.20 Will supersede EN 50342-4:2009 and all of its
amendments and corrigenda (if any)
English Version
Lead-acid starter batteries - Part 4: Dimensions of batteries for
heavy vehicles
Batteries d'accumulateurs de démarrage au plomb - Partie Blei-Akkumulatoren-Starterbatterien - Teil 4: Maße von
4: Dimensions des batteries pour poids lourds Nutzkraftwagen-Batterien
This draft European Standard is submitted to CENELEC members for enquiry.
Deadline for CENELEC: 2020-06-05.

It has been drawn up by CLC/TC 21X.

If this draft becomes a European Standard, CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which
stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

This draft European Standard was established by CENELEC in three official versions (English, French, German).
A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to
the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.

Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are aware and to
provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without notice and
shall not be referred to as a European Standard.



European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2020 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Project: 65468 Ref. No. prEN 50342-4 E

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oSIST prEN 50342-4:2020
prEN 50342-4:2020 (E)
Contents Page
European foreword . 3
1 Scope . 4
2 Normative references . 4
3 Terms and definitions . 4
4 General requirements . 4
4.1 Safety labelling . 4
4.2 Marking . 5
4.2.1 General . 5
4.2.2 Marking of positive terminals . 5
4.2.3 Marking of negative terminals . 5
4.2.4 Design and dimensions of marking of terminals . 5
4.3 Recycling . 5
4.3.1 Recycling of lead . 5
4.3.2 Recycling of plastic material . 5
4.4 Dimensions and design . 6
4.5 Dimensions of terminals . 6
5 Preferred types . 7
5.1 General . 7
5.2 Main dimensions of types A, B, C and D2 . 7
5.3 Handles for manual handling . 9
5.4 Fastening . 9
5.5 Polarity . 10
5.6 Terminal clearance . 10
5.7 Short circuit protection . 10
5.8 Central degassing . 11
5.9 Bulging of battery side walls . 11
6 Other types . 11
6.1 Fastening . 11
6.2 Main dimension for other types . 12
Bibliography . 17

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oSIST prEN 50342-4:2020
prEN 50342-4:2020 (E)
European foreword
This document (prEN 50342-4:2020) has been prepared by CLC/TC 21X “Secondary cells and batteries”.
This document is currently submitted to the Enquiry.
The following dates are proposed:
• latest date by which the existence of this (doa) dor + 6 months
document has to be announced at national
level
• latest date by which this document has to be (dop) dor + 12 months
implemented at national level by publication of
an identical national standard or by
endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards (dow) dor + 36 months
conflicting with this document have to be (to be confirmed or
withdrawn modified when voting)
This document will supersede EN 50342-4:2009 and all of its amendments and corrigenda (if any).
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oSIST prEN 50342-4:2020
prEN 50342-4:2020 (E)
1 Scope
This document is applicable to lead-acid batteries used for heavy vehicles.
The object of this document is to specify the European requirements of the main dimensions of starter batteries.
For new and future developments of the above applications, it is strongly recommended that only batteries from
the “Preferred Types” series be used.
Batteries of the series of “Other Types” exist under several national standards. They have been transferred from
the previous standard EN 60095-4.
The preferred types A, B and C are newly introduced and correspond closely to the types D4, D5 and D6 with
some differences in tolerances and dimensions.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes
requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the
latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 50342-1, Lead-acid starter batteries — Part 1: General requirements and methods of test
EN 50342-2, Lead-acid starter batteries — Part 2: Dimensions of batteries and marking of terminals
EN 50342-5, Lead-acid starter batteries — Part 5: Properties of battery housings and handles
EN 61429, Marking of secondary cells and batteries with the international recycling symbol ISO 7000-1135 and
indications regarding directives 93/86/EEC and 91/157/EEC (IEC 61429)
EN ISO 1043-1, Plastics — Symbols and abbreviated terms — Part 1: Basic polymers and their special
characteristics (ISO 1043-1)
IEC 60050-482, International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) — Part 482: Primary and secondary cells and
batteries
IEC 60417, Graphical symbols for use on equipment
ISO 11469, Plastics — Generic identification and marking of plastics products
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in IEC 60050-482 apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
• IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
• ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp
4 General requirements
4.1 Safety labelling
The batteries shall bear the six coloured safety symbols in accordance with EN 50342-1.
4

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