Battery Load Testing
What is Capacity (Load) Testing and why is it important? Load testing your battery is the ONLY way to determine how much runtime (capacity) you have in your battery system.
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Importance of Capacity Testing
Learn why capacity (load) testing is so important.
Battery maintenance (collecting voltage and resistance values) is like a doctor doing a physical on you. Capacity testing a battery is similar to getting on a treadmill and doing a stress test to prove how well your heart performs. It’s the only way to see how much capacity you have left in a battery.
Your physician can listen to your heart and other vitals (similar to battery maintenance – monitoring battery voltage and internal ohmic values), but without putting you on a treadmill and watching how your heart performs under normal working conditions, he cannot guarantee the condition of your heart (battery).
A battery load test is like a stress test. Your battery is an electro-chemical device, that needs to be tested regularly to verify its capacity and determine if it will support your critical load during a power outage.
While periodic preventative maintenance is very important (and can point out gross battery issues) it cannot prove how long your battery will run when called upon when your utility power is interrupted. Planned capacity (load) testing is the only way to verify the capacity of a battery.
We encourage periodic load testing as a portion of a comprehensive battery maintenance program. The IEEE recommends load testing upon installation (commissioning) and periodically thereafter (depending on the service life of the battery). API follows all IEEE standards.
Our staff has the experience, expertise and equipment to efficiently load test your battery system. We capture the data needed to assess your battery’s condition and capacity (runtime) left. A comprehensive cell by cell analysis report is provided to each client with any necessary recommendations.
