Being a little familiar with the way you need to use your machines and batteries, even if the battery is repairable, or can be improved with general service, we have these recommendations for long term planning in order to get the most out of your battery investment; and to help relieve headaches caused by downed batteries and machines.

When machines and batteries are under constant use around the clock, two batteries for each machine are recommended. This allows for properly discharging a battery enough for a healthy charge when it is drained. In this scenario, the battery needs to consistently be discharged down to 70 or 80% and then fully re-charged over 6-8 hours. Only charging for short periods here and there will cause the battery to build up sulfation and use up its lifetime of charging cycles far sooner than necessary, causing a much shorter life span than if fully drained before each charge.

If the idea of enough batteries to operate this way is refused, the only other option to help protect your investment and enable longer battery life, is a charger designed to charge a battery for shorter periods here and there when able, without ever really allowing the battery to fully discharge and then be re-charged over night as in a traditional battery set up. This would be called an opportunity or high frequency charger.

Both of these routines would require an initial investment to be put in place, but the longer battery lifespan, and the more efficient work routine this would create over all would more than end up paying for itself in the long run.

So we can continue to help patch you up in the short term, but please be aware we are limited in what we can do under your current operating procedures.