Battery knowledge · Testing methods
Damp heat test
Keeping a cell, module or pack warm and very humid, steadily or in cycles, to bring out corrosion, seal leaks and condensation that lower insulation resistance. The common cyclic version, IEC 60068-2-30, alternates between about 25 °C and 40 or 55 °C at over 90 % relative humidity in 24-hour cycles for several days.
- Also called
- humidity test, cyclic damp heat, IEC 60068-2-30
Example
Testing methods: an example situation
Resistance immediately after a current step can differ from a ten-second value because slower polarization contributes.
Read Damp heat test alongside Enclosure in this context. The sealed case that carries the modules, protects them in a crash, keeps water out to an IP67 rating or better and vents gas in a thermal event. In many cars it is a structural part of the body.
Use in Lemonergy
Record specimen, state, instrument, temperature and timing.
This is a reference concept. No executable Lemonergy block has been verified for this term.
References & further reading
Further reading on this topic
These sources provide broader context; they are not presented as citations for every statement in this entry.
- Battery Test Manual For Electric Vehicles, Revision 3
Jon P. Christopherson · Idaho National Laboratory · 2015
Topic background · Performance characterization, pulse resistance/power, life testing and reference performance tests; historical 2015 edition.