Getting the most useful life from your forklift batteries is a big part of maximizing your return on investment. This all starts with making sure your motive power batteries are being properly serviced. Forklifts operate an average of eight hours per day and perform heavy duty tasks that cause significant wear and tear over time to both the forklift and its battery.
To ensure your forklift batteries receive proper care, it’s important to have the correct motive power tools for charging and battery watering as well as to allow for regular planned maintenance services. Here are a few tools you need to improve the safety and efficiency of your industrial batteries.
Without the proper tools, your forklift batteries can’t be charged or watered effectively. Below is a list of the motive power tools your warehouse needs to properly maintain your forklift batteries:
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Forklift battery charging mistakes are a costly expense to your warehouse budget. They not only minimize your forklift batteries’ useful life, but they impact battery safety and efficiency levels as well. Using degraded industrial batteries can damage the forklift’s components, and while replacing your forklift batteries is necessary sooner or later, performing regular forklift battery service is the best maintenance strategy to keep them operating at peak efficiency.
Most industrial batteries have around 1,500 charge cycles and can last about five years before needing to be replaced (if charged once a day), so it’s best to avoid “topping off” your forklift batteries if they are at or above 70%. Charging your batteries more than once a day can cut their useful life in half and can lead to excessive sulfate buildup. The ideal range for opportune forklift battery charging is when they reach the 20-30% range.
Forgetting to water your forklift batteries and connecting them to a charger with an inappropriate charging voltage can all damage your batteries. These mistakes cost you money, time, and puts the safety of employees at risk. With proper forklift battery service and preventative maintenance, you can eliminate the risk of damage and costly repairs, while improving forklift and warehouse operational efficiency.
Southern States Enterprises provides forklift battery and charging services from our trained and factory-certified technicians. We offer on-site and off-site industrial battery and charger repair and fully-stock our service trucks with an extensive selection of replacement parts and other motive power tools to meet your motive power needs. Some of the forklift battery services offered at Southern States Enterprises include:
Contact an SSE representative today to see how we can help improve the useful life of your forklift batteries for improved efficiency of your warehouse operations.