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5 Lessons You Can Learn from Battery Torture Tests (Solar Power World)

How do installers like Mark Snyder run off-grid batteries for 23+ years? Click the picture above for the full story.

How Lead Batteries Work

Understanding how batteries operate is essential for maintaining your overall battery health. With proper care, you can extend the useful life of your battery. In this lesson, we will go over how lead batteries work.

How to Recycle Lead-acid vs Lithium-ion Batteries

Battery recycling, it’s one of the best ways to protect the environment, conserve resources, and reduce our carbon footprint. But which battery technology is 99% recyclable — and which batteries are landfillable? Keep reading to find out!

Celebrate National Battery Day with Us (and help the planet)

Can you imagine living without the electronics and lifestyle that batteries make possible? We can’t. Batteries ushered in the modern era, from powering early homes and cars to making a wireless society and off-grid living possible.

Battery Selection for Material Handling

If your company or work involves aerial work platforms, forklifts, boom lifts, or other material handling machines – chances are you already know how costly and frustrating any downtime or delays can be. But with so many different technical elements you’re expected to know about, it can be difficult to determine what’s really important when selecting batteries.

How Crown Helped Pike Systems Achieve Their Goals

Montgomery, IL — Pike Systems provides full-service janitorial supplies and service for school districts, hospitals, and health departments. As Ed Bernal of Pike Systems says: “My customers can’t afford downtime. If their batteries aren’t reliable, or if they have to wait for new batteries, they’re not getting their job done [...] With Crown, we can turn around batteries really quickly and get ...

Off-Grid Living—Why I Declined Free Lithium Batteries

Pippi Peterson lives in off-grid in her solar-powered RV, year-round. Because of the popularity of her YouTube channel about RV living, Pippi was offered free lithium batteries – to which she refused. If you are considering any form of off-grid living, keep reading to find out why lithium batteries weren't a good fit for Pippi.

What A Better Battery Does for Your Industrial Lift Truck

When your business depends on industrial lift trucks, the right battery makes a huge difference -- in lifespan, performance, durability, and return on investment. But how do you select the right battery for your application -- and what else do good batteries do for you?

Car Battery Maintenance for the Winter

If you are from an area that drops below 32°F (0°C) during the winter months, this might sound familiar... You go to start your car but nothing happens. The cold can have a devastating effect on our car batteries, so make sure your car battery is ready by following these car battery winter maintenance tips.

How to Safely Care for Your Battery

The right battery maintenance can significantly extend your battery life – and save you from costly downtime and premature failure. Battery upkeep is essential, but your safety is top priority! To prolong your battery's health, and avoid potential hazardous situations, here are three tips on safe and effective battery maintenance.