[INCH-POUND]
A-A-55439A
17 January 2013
SUPERSEDING
A-A-55439
16 August 1994
COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION
BATTERY, STORAGE, VEHICULAR IGNITION,
LIGHTING, AND STARTING
The General Services Administration has authorized the use of this
commercial item description for all federal agencies.
1. SCOPE. This commercial item description (CID) covers the general requirements for vehicular lead
acid, storage batteries. Batteries covered by this CID are intended for commercial/industrial applications.
2. CLASSIFICATION/PART OR IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (PIN). This CID uses a classification
system which is included in the PIN as shown in the following example (see 7.1).
AA55439
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5
-
71-275
-
F
CID number
Class of battery
SAE type number
Activation
(see table I)
(see SAE J537)
(D) Dry charged
(W) Wet charged
(F) Maintenance free
TABLE I. Class of battery.
Class of battery
Description
1
Passenger car and light commercial, 12 volt.
2
Heavy duty commercial, 12 volt.
3
Passenger car and light commercial, 6 volt.
4
Heavy duty commercial, 6 volt.
5
Maintenance-free passenger car and light
commercial, 12 volt.
6
Maintenance-free heavy duty commercial, 12 volt.
7
Maintenance-free cycling service, 12 volt.
Beneficial comments, recommendations, additions, deletions, clarifications, etc., and any data that may
improve this document should be sent to: DLA Land and Maritime, Columbus, ATTN: VAT, P.O. Box
3990, Columbus, OH 43218-3990, or email mailto:CircuitProtect@dla.mil. Since contact information can
change you may want to verify the currency of the address information using the ASSIST Online
database at https://assist.dla.mil.
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FSC 6140
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