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BillV Active Contributor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Good old Long Island, New York Posts: 22 Good Answers: 1	9V Battery - Hermetically Sealed and ATEX Approved 03/31/2009 8:33 AM
	Looking for a 9 Volt battery that is hermetically sealed(?) to be used in a device that will meet ATEX approval for safety. __________________ You reap what you sow.
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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	#1 Re: 9V battery ATEX approved 03/31/2009 8:45 AM
	Provided the device enclosure is either EEx d or EEx p then any-old-battery will do. PP3, for example? __________________ "Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
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BillV Active Contributor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Good old Long Island, New York Posts: 22 Good Answers: 1	#2 In reply to #1 Re: 9V battery ATEX approved 03/31/2009 9:35 AM
	Thank you, I'm checking on the enclosure status now. I believe the enclose was not built with any rating in mind at the time. Anyway, thank you, Bill __________________ You reap what you sow.
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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	#3 In reply to #2 Re: 9V battery ATEX approved 03/31/2009 9:46 AM
	If the enclosure was not built with any rating in mind, then the only stuff that can go inside it is Simple Apparatus under EEx i. A 9V battery, being an energy-storing device, is not Simple Apparatus. Therefore no battery would be suitable for the task. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_equipment_in_hazardous_areas __________________ "Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
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jack of all trades Guru Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 8777 Good Answers: 376	#4 Re: 9V Battery - Hermetically Sealed and ATEX Approved 03/31/2009 3:03 PM
	Check the requirements of the relevant ATEX standard, certain batteries can be used (in some cases and zones), BUT special requirements exist. You cannot buy a hazardous area battery and bung it in a box. Check your standard to see what is and is not allowed. __________________ jack of all trades
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