VSP News: Kolman's Korner, Episode 114 - Battery Failures

Sept. 8, 2016
Kalyan Jana – senior applications engineer with Trojan Battery Company – discusses the main causes of battery failure.

Fleets that are experiencing short-lived batteries should look to their choice of alternators. That advice comes from Kalyan Jana, senior applications engineer with Trojan Battery Company. It is a leading manufacturer of deep cycle batteries and a battery technology pioneer.

To handle higher hotel loads, there needs to be a higher output alternator.

There is another key consideration when adding batteries for hotel loads.

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