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Caution
Risk of injury or damage!
It is important that you check the torques of the wheel lug nuts.
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Re-torque each wheel's lug nuts in a star pattern every 10 miles, 25
miles, and 50 miles from the beginning of each use.
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For long-term use, retorque each wheel’s lug nuts in a star pattern
every 12,000 miles or 12 months, whichever occurs first.
4.4 Department of transportation requirements
The prototype/low product run regulations apply (49 CFR 173.185(e)). The units can
be transported as is with battery modules secured against movement inside of the
metal outer case.
These units must be labeled on at least two opposing sides (see excerpt from 172.406
(e)) with the UN3480 Class 9 Hazardous Materials lithium battery label shown below.
The size of the label must be at least 100x100 mm. Further, the shipper must complete
regulated shipping paper (Bill of Lading) for each movement of these units (see the
example Bill of Lading below). Drivers must have hazmat training but do NOT need a
HazMat Endorsement on their Commercial Driver’s License.
Note that if these units are shipped for the purposes of testing, no upper production
limit applies. If shipped for non-testing purposes, the limit is 100 batteries produced
per year.
Figure 23 - UN3480 lithium ion battery label
Extract from https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-I/subchapter-
C/part-172/subpart-E/section-172.406
(e) Duplicate labeling. Generally, only one of each different required label must be
displayed on a package. However, duplicate labels must be displayed on at least two
sides or two ends (other than the bottom) of—
(1) Each package or overpack having a volume of 1.8 m3 (64 cubic feet) or more;
(2) Each non-bulk package containing a radioactive material;
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