Activation.
Activation.
(1) The activation of a battery or cell must follow a procedure that is approved by the manufacturer and includes the manufacturer's activation steps.
(2) The activation procedure and equipment for acceptance testing must be equivalent to those used for qualification and storage life testing.
(3) The activation procedure must include verification that the electrolyte satisfies the manufacturer's specification for percentage of potassium hydroxide.
(4) The quantity of electrolyte for activation of the batteries and cells for any qualification test must satisfy all of the following:
(i) One of the three required qualification battery samples and six of the 12 required individual qualification cell samples must undergo activation with no less than the manufacturer specified maximum amount of electrolyte; and
(ii) One of the three required qualification battery samples and six of the 12 required individual qualification cell samples must undergo activation with no greater than the manufacturer specified minimum amount of electrolyte.