Battery Tips

The 24-volt battery systems in your trucks, lorries, buses, coaches and other utility vehicles naturally feel harder to stay on top of than those in standard 12-volt vehicles. With a 24-volt system, the vehicle can run normally until one morning, it won’t start. In many cases, the cause is an imbalance between the two 12-volt

A new battery for your fleet vehicle. Perfect. But just before you attach the terminal clamps, you have a thought. That old battery charger you’ve used faithfully for ten years now. Will it even work on this new battery? The short answer is that the charger’s age matters far less than how it works. This

Automotive businesses need a good battery tester. Whether you serve everyday drivers, other companies, or work on in-house vehicles, ether in a workshop or on the road, there’s an ideal battery tester out there for you. Rotronics helps automotive operations across the UK design and implement tailored systems for battery management, no matter their speciality.

Most EV drivers and operations are used to thinking about battery health, at least on some level. Many people spend a lot of time (even subconsciously) thinking about the range and when and where they’ll need to charge up. But most people don’t think too much about battery management, which is the most effective way

A rechargeable car battery is a fundamental component of every single modern car. Its most important job is to power the starter motor, as well as the alarm and central locking and the vehicle’s low-voltage bus and ECU memory. Of course, a battery forms an integral part of a car’s electrical system. It’s mainly discharging

Whether you work in a fleet operation or for a garage subcontracting HGV repairs and servicing, you might be familiar with the following: Repeated early failure of one battery in a 24-volt pair Vehicles that test fine one week and flag low voltage the next Alternators and chargers blamed, replaced, then blamed again. And now,

Battery failures happen all the time. And if your vehicle, or a customer’s, is stranded on the side of the road somewhere, you’re probably in the market for the best portable car battery charger you can find. But what should you expect from it? On this page, we’ve compiled a few key points about how

Every fleet manager knows the dreaded sound of a non-start on a cold December morning. You sigh,  and rightly so. Because that one battery failure can kickstart a chain of expensive events. That’s bad for business. Not only do you have to pay to diagnose the problem and potentially return the vehicle to your depot,

The EV revolution is upon us. Just 15 years ago, the Nissan Leaf and the early Tesla models were the only real mainstream electric vehicles. Now, they’re everywhere. If you’re a fleet operation that relies on EVs as company cars, we know how much ‘range anxiety’  factors into your decisions. Thankfully, fast charging is now

As a fleet manager, which are your technicians’ least favourite times? The January days when the workshop simply never warms up? Or the August days when it never cools down? Neither are pleasant to work in. But the temperature is affecting far more than your team. Both hot and cold temperatures impact a 12-volt battery’s