Wed October 8, 2008, 12:51 pm

The Benefits of Daily Battery Monitoring

In a power critical environment it is essential to know the state of health of the lead acid batteries supporting the critical load.

Cellwatch battery monitoring ensures that these critical batteries are in a good state of health and will function when required. Cellwatch is also unique in that it can monitor generator start batteries that are often forgotten.

Most UPS power failures are not due to UPS problems but actually are due to battery failure. In many cases valve regulated lead acid (VRLA) batteries can fail within just a few days.

Traditional battery monitoring systems perform the most crucial test – ohmic value— once or twice a month.  Cellwatch has been specifically designed to monitor the ohmic value of all of the jars every day. It can do this because of the very light test load used.

Improve UPS uptime

The daily information provided by Cellwatch allows you to replace suspect cells before they fail, eliminating costly downtime and disruption due to battery failure.

Reduce maintenance costs by 75%

Costly maintenance visits can be reduced when you know in advance which cells are nearing the end of their life. Go from quarterly maintenance visits to one!

Manage battery assets

Knowing the rate your battery is aging and deteriorating allows you to budget for battery replacement while maintaining your continual uptime.

Reduce exposure time

Jars can fail in as little as two days.

Is preventive maintenance four times a year really enough? Who is looking after your critical battery systems the other 361 days a year? What happens when the maintenance staff goes home? With Cellwatch you have 24 x 7 x 365 continuous critical battery monitoring.

 
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