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Motive batteries are the most expensive type of lead-acid batteries available. A single battery can cost as much as $6,000. With a price like that it's understandable why companies using forklifts, pallet jacks and other motive equipment are anxious to find a way to make these heavy-duty batteries last longer and work harder.

Fortunately, several major companies have discovered how to do just that. They are using the PowerPulse Battery Maintenance System from PulseTech.

A forklift’s motive battery is designed to be used during the day and then recharged every night. But, when sulfation buildup occurs it coats the battery plates and prevents the battery from accepting a full charge. As a result, the battery will die long before the work shift is over. And that's not all. The battery can also overheat which means the forklift will stay out of service cooling off before it can be recharged.

After a while sulfation buildup can even reach the point where the battery will no longer accept a charge or release stored energy. That means the $6,000 battery must be replaced.

PowerPulse prevents and even removes sulfation buildup so the battery is able to be recharged faster and will accept more energy. With more energy, the battery will last longer between recharges so motive equipment will operate the full work shift; or even longer.

Plus, since the plates are clean, there is less internal resistance so it takes less time to cool down after use.

Melvin Winberry, Fleet Maintenance Manager for Institutional Distributors in East Bernstadt, Kentucky, is very excited about the results he is getting with PowerPulse. He is responsible for the up time and cost of all his equipment. Institutional Distributors is a highly competitive grocery distribution business and they are always looking to cut costs. They operate 89 battery-powered pieces of warehouse equipment with batteries that cost between $3,100 to $4,800 each.

Melvin ... installed a PowerPulse on a 36-volt forklift battery. In just over a week and a half, Melvin discovered that the voltage had already risen to an average of 2.12 volts per cell, and the specific gravity was up to 1.275.

“The battery runs in a freezer at zero to -15 ° temperatures," says Melvin. "Before we installed PowerPulse, we would fully charge the battery and it would run for about 1 1/2 hours. Now the same battery averages about 4 1/2 hours. We were about to junk this battery, and now it is performing better than our new batteries that are only four months old. We are going to install a PowerPulse unit on every piece of equipment we have.”
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