When you look at the forklift you have to say that the most important part of it is the forklift battery. And without the forklift battery the forklift will do you absolutely no good. A must is to have a good running forklift battery. But for the long term how can you keep your battery running a long time. Charging your battery only when it needs charging is the first thing you can do. Of course this is when the battery gets to 20% left of charge. When you opportunity charge your battery you use up one cycle of your battery each time. And your battery only has so many cycles in it before the lead is all gone off the plates.

Putting distilled water in your forklift batteries can also help to maintain your battery’s good condition. Running your battery low on water ends up killing your battery also. Anytime your battery gets to hot from lack of water it cause the plates to shed lead faster. When you have to put your battery on the charger its best to put water in until it barely covers the metal grids inside the battery. When the water boils over this is really bad because its cause the acid water ratio to become diluted and this happens when you over fill the battery. As we said this even small dilution of the acid will cause that one cell to discharge faster than the rest and the battery is only as good as its best cell.

Keeping the top of the battery and also its posts are also very important. You definitely do not want your battery self discharging which is what happens when the connections and the battery top get to covered with corrosion and so forth.

Now something else you can do to is to do an equalize charge on your battery at a minimum every 10 charges and discharges. This achieves your battery operating as equal as it can. Its so simple to equalize your battery just by pushing the equalize setting or the weekend setting on an older charger.

In conclusion, by doing these things you can sometimes double the life of your forklift battery. So a wise investment of time and money is to maintain your battery as best as possible with the reward of buying less batteries.