Forklift Purchasing Guide

Posted by Kevin Blue
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Apr 13, 2016
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Remember, heat kills batteries. Ez Battery Reconditioning Review If they are charged and then immediately used they are hot a lot longer. Companies that get the most from their batteries let them cool a few hours after charging. This can easily be overlooked. At a glance everything might look all right but a closer inspection can pick up corrosion which does not allow electricity to pass through. Jiggle the cables and make sure the connections are solid.

Bad cables impact battery performance. If electricity doesn't pass though efficiently, your battery is not discharging or charging completely. You might think your battery is bad, but it really it really can't be charged completely because the cables are bad. So check them for corrosion.

One company I service couldn't stop their workers from opportunity charging during breaks and lunch when they were not being watched. So, they installed a 30 minute delay on the charger. The workers plug in as normal but they are not being charged due to the delay. The disadvantages and costs of opportunity charging are so significant that installing a delay was a very smart move for this facility. Most of the breaks are 15 or 30 minutes and it eliminated charging during this time.

Batteries will last a lot longer. A typical warranty is 5 years but you can get 7 or 8 years of productive lift from a battery. If you are not doing the above a battery may only be productive for a year or two and then it is under performing, with all the attendant unnecessary time, labor and expense, for the last few years it is in use. You incur the consequences of increased charging, lost productivity and unnecessary electricity and labor expense to keep them in service.

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The labor cost of having under performing batteries is significant. Bad batteries mean you have people changing them. There are safety concerns. When batteries are being changed you have a risk of injury. With more activity around the battery area there is more opportunity for injury.
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