Safety unit (10, 20) provided in a
battery pack containing a battery (12, 22) comprising at least one
cell (11, 21) of a secondary battery, a first
external connection (13, 23) and a second
external connection (14, 24), wherein the safety unit (10, 20) comprises: a safety element (18, 28) comprising a fuse element (16, 26) provided between the battery (12, 22) and the first
external connection (13, 23) and a heat-generating
resistor (17, 27) which heats the fuse element (16, 26), a first switching element (19, 29) whose one terminal is connected to the battery (12, 22) and the second external terminal (14, 24) and whose other terminal is connected to the heat-generating
resistor (17, 27), wherein the heat-generating
resistor (17, 27) is arranged inside the safety element (18, 28) and is configured to blow the fuse element (16, 26), a second switching element (200, 300) and a resistance element (201, 301) which are provided in parallel to the first switching element (19, 29), wherein the resistance element (201, 301) is arranged outside the safety element (18, 28), and a control device 15, 25), which controls operations of the first switching element (19, 29) and the second switching element (200, 300) in accordance with a
voltage of the
cell (11, 21) or the battery (12, 22), wherein the control device (15, 25) switches the safety unit (10, 20) to a first state in which the first switching element (19, 29) is switched on to allow current to flow through the heat-generating resistor (17, 27) and to a second state in which the second switching element (200, 300) is switched on to allow current to flow through the heat-generating resistor (17, 27) via the resistance element (201, 301).