SMART Constant Current DC Load Bank with Monitoring
Discharge testing is an essential practice for all critical backup battery preventative maintenance programs. Utility, UPS, Telecommunication, CATV/Broadband, Motive Power and other industries ALL utilize this practice to determine the true health of critical backup batteries. Load testing is the only form of battery testing that will determine the actual capacity of the battery string. Eagle Eye load banks are designed to make discharge testing convenient and easy for any application.
Load testing is a fixture in IEEE (450), (1188), (1106) and NERC (PRC-005-2) battery maintenance standards, and is critical for preventative maintenance across many industries. The financial risks that can occur due to plant downtime, personnel safety, and serious equipment damage are too severe to ignore load testing. Utilities have been load testing where preventative maintenance is required for NERC standard PRC-005-2. Every six calendar years it is required by PRC-005-2 to complete a capacity test of the battery bank for Vented Lead Acid (VLA) and NiCad batteries, and every three years for Valve-Regulated Lead-Acid (VRLA) batteries.
Load testing is increasingly popular in the motive power field to evaluate forklift batteries and to see how the batteries behave on a charge. Many forklift batteries go through an industry standard 6-hour discharge test. Eagle Eye's SLB-Series portable load banks make testing easy and accessible.
Applications
- Power Utilities
- Telecom/Communications
- UPS Systems
- Green Energy
- Electronics
- Battery Suppliers and Manufacturers
- Government/Defense
- Oil, Gas & Fuel
- Motive Power
- Medical/Biotechnology
- Universities & Colleges