Power Sonic BAT-12180-BP — bulk pack of the 12 V 18 Ah sealed lead-acid battery used for secondary power in Fire-Lite fire alarm control equipment.
Fire-Lite catalogues the BAT Series as its recommended standby batteries and states in the same sheet that they are Power Sonic cells, cross-referencing this one to PS-12180.
- Fire-Lite ordering information reads, verbatim, BAT-12180-BP: 2-unit bulk pack of BAT-12180 (12 V 18 AH)
- Nominal 12 V, 18 Ah at the 20-hour rate; Fire-Lite gives the Power Sonic equivalent as PS-12180
- 7.13 in. W × 2.99 in. D × 6.57 in. over terminals (181 × 76 × 167 mm)
- Power-Sonic rates the PS-12180 at 17.0 Ah for 10 hours, 15.7 Ah for 5 hours, 11.8 Ah for 1 hour
- Internal resistance about 16 mΩ; short-circuit current 504 A
- ABS case, UL94 HB standard with V-0 only optional, so assume no flame-retardant case
Carton quantity is not constant across the family: BAT-1250-BP is ten of the 5 Ah, BAT-1270-BP five of the 7 Ah, BAT-12120-BP four of the 12 Ah and BAT-12260-BP two of the 26 Ah, while BAT-12550 and BAT-121000 are single batteries. BAT-12180 alone is one battery.
