PulseTech Products Innovative Battery Management Program Launched

An innovative cradle-to-grave Battery Management Program (BMP), originally created for military equipment maintenance by PulseTech Products Corp., has been restructured and fine-tuned to test, recover and maintain 12V batteries for commercial fleet managers in both private and public sectors.

Initially introduced to the military as Battery Manger Maintenance Program, PulseTech technicians had developed a Mobilization and Training Equipment Site guidebook that included new battery turn-in procedures, battery worksheets, constant charge maintenance, state of charge, types of equipment utilized and hard to charge batteries.

The responses from military equipment maintenance managers has been so impressive that PulseTech management decided to commercialize the program, working with numerous national and regional fleet and equipment maintenance managers to create custom programs that follow a basic six-step outline.

³Fleet and equipment batteries, if properly maintained, can far outperform the standard lifecycle, saving tens of thousands of dollars in annual replacement costs and keeping downtime to a minimumŠ if simple routine maintenance procedures are followed,² said Rick Miller, PulseTech Sales Manager.

As part of the BMP, fleet and equipment managers employ a series of high tech smart tools, including analytical testers, battery recovery chargers, battery stock maintainers, and the installation of permanent desulfators using PulseTech¹s patented Pulse Technology® to automatically keep batteries at peak capacity and extend life cycles up to five times.

³I¹m sold on this BMP system,² said one Midwest fleet manager. ³We¹ve managed to recover 70 percent of our Œspent¹ batteries.  The recovery of just 20 batteries paid for the equipment.  It truly was money well spent and has saved us thousands of dollars.²

The BMP protocol is simple:

* Step 1. Test each battery to get a full understanding of its condition.
Recommended is the 390PT Battery Analyzer, which analyzes the battery and charging system quickly, safely and accurately.
* Step 2. Employ a 12V Battery Recovery Charger to recover heavily discharged and sulfated batteries. Recommended is the XCR 16-Amp shop charger, which works with all VRLA, AGM and flooded cell.
* Step 3.  Test each battery after 24-28 hours on the recovery charger.
When the battery is within 80% of its rated CCAs, move it to a battery maintenance system, such as the PRO-12-RP.  Otherwise return it to the recovery charger.
* Step 4. Maintain new batteries with the PRO-12-RP. Fleet and equipment managers often stockpile new batteries for replacements. As a battery sits unused for periods of time‹even a new battery‹it can discharge up to 50% by the time it is installed and can suffer from a buildup of lead sulfate crystals. The PRO-12-RP maintains and desulfates 12 lead-acid batteries indefinitely.
* Step 5.  Continue a routine maintenance schedule test of each battery to fully understand its condition.
* Step 6.  Install a permanent desulfator to manage and control the buildup of sulfates which if unmanaged will crystallize and root onto the battery plates, harming performance and resulting eventually in battery failure.
Recommended is the installation of a PowerPulse or SolarPulse desulfator.