BATTERY MAINTENANCE AND TESTING

4 days
3.2 CEUs
Hands-on
8:00am-4:30pm

Tuition USD $1185

Proper battery maintenance is an essential component of critical power or uninterruptible power supply system. While batteries have a limited life expectancy, you can address the factors that diminish capacity and cause premature failure. You can reduce battery backup failures by understanding the causes: excessive cycling, improper charging, poor temperature control, installation errors, manufacturing deficiencies, and operational errors. Different types of batteries (lead acid, nickel cadium, etc) also have their own weaknesses.

Learning Objectives
•Battery systems applications, components, operating principles and causes of failure for vented lead acid, valve regulated lead acid and nickel-cadium batteries

•Introduction to types of battery chargers

•NFPA 70E requirements for batteries and battery rooms

•IEEE guidelines for a routine maintenance and testing program

•Use of Megger BITE®, density meter, multimeter, Digital Low Resistance Ohmmeter (DLRO) and insulated/non-sparking hand tools in lab

•Perform battery installation and maintenance as described in IEEE 1657-09 and IEEE450-02

Who Should Attend
Designed for personnel responsible for battery systems in substations, power plants, hospitals, subways and other systems that require emergency power.

Requirements
Requires working knowledge of basic electricity.

Battery Maintenance and Testing has recently been revised and as a result will be extended from 2 days to 4 beginning in October. The September 8-9 class is the final presentation of the 2-day format.

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