| This exact scenario was accomplished at a cold | | | | would finally accept a full charge on their own charger. |
| storage company in Long Beach California. When we | | | | It was left on their charger over night on equalize. The |
| arrived the forklift battery was in very poor condition. It | | | | next day when we returned the all the acid readings |
| had been sitting for years on a palet because the | | | | where right where they were supposed to be and we |
| company was told that it was no good and they | | | | did a load test which was found to be 94% of a new. |
| needed to replace it with a new one. | | | | It continues to be used back in service for a full shift to |
| Like most companies though they were not aware of | | | | this day. And it was a battery that was fixed with no |
| a way to bring it back to a new condition again. In fact | | | | cell changes. |
| they believed that this task was an impossible one. | | | | All over the world now forklift batteries are being |
| Low and behold though we put our piece of equipment | | | | restored and used for twice their life instead of being |
| on the battery and it would not accept a charge at all. | | | | discarded or scraped. Doing this helps make |
| In fact it only took a few amps to bring the voltage up | | | | companies more green and promotes the saving of |
| to 60 volts! Gradually the voltage was brought down | | | | the environment. Also companies can save a |
| by the machine and over a two day period the it | | | | significant amount of money. |