ANATEL Issues New Maintenance Guidelines for Lead-Acid Batteries

Published February 24, 2017/Brazil

ANATEL Act No. 1,145

ANATEL has published Act No. 1,145 on February 24, 2017.

ANATEL announced on February 24th, 2017, new maintenance tables for lead-acid batteries.

Key Points

These new tables aim to control the periodicity of maintenance for each homologated stationary lead-acid accumulator as well as the applicable test items.
Manufacturers of stationary lead-acid accumulators may choose to adopt the new or previous maintenance tables.
The maintenance table adopted for the first cycle should be applied to all subsequent maintenance cycles; changing the table during the maintenance process is not allowed.

Large batteries used to power supply telecommunication central offices.

Brazil Quick Facts

Regulatory Agency	ANATEL (Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações)
Certification Type	Mandatory
License Validity	Technical compliance certificate: 2 to 3 years
Application Language	Portuguese
Legal License Holder	Required
In-country Testing Requirement	Requires testing

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