608.9.4.1.9 Exceptions for certain battery systems for fire and life safety.
FC § 608.9.4.1.9
Lead acid battery systems, and nickel-cadmium battery systems, and where approved by the certificate of approval based on their testing results, other types of energy storage systems, designed and installed solely for the purpose of supplying emergency or standby power for building fire safety and life safety systems in accordance with the construction codes and this code may be: 1. installed in buildings that are not protected throughout by a sprinkler system.
2.installed in buildings of combustible construction.
3.housed in control areas that are not constructed as high-hazard occupancies but meet such fire separation standards as may be set forth in the construction codes.
