Battery Tips

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

You pull a van into the workshop, and the battery reads flat. It hasn’t moved for months, and nobody has started it in weeks. You have two options. The first is to buy a new battery, swap it out and get the vehicle back on the road. The second option is to try and reactivate

With smartphones and laptops, everyone’s always telling us, “Don’t overcharge them”. But is it the same for an EV? What about all those people who claim that overcharging an EV is impossible? It’s a confusing time to be an EV owner, so as a workshop specialising in EVs, you’ll want to know exactly what to

It’s one thing to have a fleet vehicle that doesn’t start on a cold morning. That knocks things back a bit in your workflow, but it’s manageable. The real issue arises when a car, van or lorry fails to start mid-route. Especially if it’s all alone, parked on a pavement somewhere in the countryside. Then,

Fast charging is convenient. If your fleet truck or van needs a quick turnaround or to get started on the side of the road, a rapid top-up gets it moving again. Wonderful. But are there hidden costs? These days, the topic of fast charging is quite widely discussed. And people often talk about it with a