STANAG 4015 Test Standard for Starter Battery Blanks for Tactical Ground Vehicles

EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of STANAG 4015 testing. STANAG standards, which are NATO standardization agreements, determine the military standards of NATO member countries. The purpose of the STANAG 4015 standard, published in this framework, is to ensure that the area allocated to accommodate batteries in tactical land vehicles and the retention and electrical connection arrangements related to them comply with known parameters, thus allowing the placement of spare batteries from NATO member states.

Batteries are 24 volt nominal batteries, which are generally used in starting, lighting and ignition applications in vehicles, whose covers cannot be removed and are maintenance-free.

Batteries are used as a power storage device in motor vehicles. Primary batteries contain all their usable energy when installed and discharge (discharge) as they are used. Secondary batteries, on the other hand, can be recharged from solar panels or some other energy source and provide power when energy is needed. As a result, batteries produce electric current from a chemical reaction.

The general requirements in this standard are determined as follows:

• Battery cavities must not be placed in front of the vehicle's collision bulkhead;
• Battery cavities must not contain any heat source or high fire risk objects outside the battery system;
• Battery spaces should not contain any equipment (including cables and piping) supporting essential services to prevent loss of such essential services in the event of an event such as thermal leakage. However, this requirement does not apply to cables to and from the battery system;
• The nominal capacity of the battery system should be determined according to the ambient temperature conditions. Where the expected ambient temperatures differ from the specified values, the rating of the battery system should be based on the actual ambient temperature;
• The high ambient temperature in the battery cavity should be monitored and alarmed in a permanent presence;
• The location of the battery system should clearly indicate the area where it is installed and the distances between the battery system and any other equipment in its vicinity;
• The battery cavity must be mechanically ventilated and protected from discharges from exhaust fans.

EUROLAB assists manufacturers with STANAG 4015 test compliance. Our test experts, with their professional working mission and principles, provide you, our manufacturers and suppliers, the best service and controlled testing process in our laboratories. Thanks to these services, businesses receive more effective, high-performance and quality testing services and provide safe, fast and uninterrupted service to their customers.