I am designing a product to be powered by batteries that suppose to last up to a year. Instead of using off the shelf batteries from Energizer, Duracell etc, can I use power banks. Something like this-:
The only downside I can think of is the higher internal discharge rate compare to non-rechargeable alkaline batteries. What are the other constraints? Most importantly, legal wise, am I allowed to include power bank with my product as a package?
Shipping Li batteries within EU is per UNE standards.
For the EU in general, products ‘placed on the market’, that is, products being sold to the public, must meet (as a minimum) the requirements of the General Product Safety Directive. There are at least three other directives that would probably apply to any electrical equipment for sale that is not intended only for trade show display.
The shipping of Li batteries or products containing them, IEC62281 is scoped and cited by Brussels.
Finally, products for sale in the EU should use only packs that have a test certificate per IEC62281 (UN 38.3) and/or IEC62133. The latter standard will become globally harmonized and supersede all others.
Find it interesting that American engineers tend to know more about EU/Russia/China/etc product standards than the native engineers.