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.

Large lead acid batteries are a common tool throughout the mining industry to power utility and personnel carrier vehicles. When these batteries aren’t cared for properly, they can become a dangerous resource - especially when stored in a confined space like an underground mine.

To obtain a desired voltage or capacity, you may need to connect batteries in a series or parallel configuration. The process might seem confusing at first, but with a little education on the types of connections and how to configure your wiring harness, it’s easier than you think to obtain the power you need while deploying your system with a quality setup and safety in mind. Here's what you ...