Correct battery watering is vital when it comes to battery performance and reliability. A poorly watered battery will have many negative effects on the battery life.
Over-Filling
- Over-filling will cause acid spills over your battery tray, forklift and floor causing corrosion.
- Acid spill will also cause electrical tracking to occur also referred to as earth leakage, which can interfere with the running of the forklift, causing productivity downtime.
- Earth leakage will also increase the RISK of electrical sparking.
- Over-filling and acid spills will reduce the concentration of acid inside the cell reducing the specific gravity levels resulting in decreased capacity of your battery.
- The decreased capacity will shorten actual forklift run time, giving you poor productivity increasing operating cost.
Under-Filling
- Lack of water will cause electrolyte level to drop and expose lead plates to atmosphere and dry.
- Poor watering will allow plates to suffer from increased temperature and increase cell deterioration, which leads to loss of capacity and shorter run times.
- Prolonged poor watering procedure will lead to battery failure.
How to Fix Poor Watering
Australian Traction Batteries have a number of solutions. Allow ATB to water and maintain batteries for a fixed fee, taking the risk away. ATB can conduct training programmes for staff with ongoing support. ATB can supply and install different types of watering devices to enable a user friendly watering task.
- Single Point Watering Systems
- Water Delivery Guns
- Water Delivery Bottles and Carts
- Water Blinking Devices
- Deionized water
Whether you are unaware that you have watering problems, or whether you need a solution, ATB qualified staff are available to assist in improving your operations and safe handling of all lead acid battery areas. Contact Us
