Battery Solution for Electric Construction Machinery
As a senior lithium battery engineer at Horizon Power, I have spent the last decade helping original equipment manufacturers replace diesel hydraulics with…
Lithium Battery for RV Systems: Performance and Sizing
When I audit recreational vehicle electrical systems, the same story comes up at almost every campsite: the owner has replaced an ageing lead-acid house ba…
Lithium Battery for Scissor Lifts and Aerial Work Platforms
I have spent more of my career than I expected standing next to an aerial work platform that would not start on a Monday morning. The machine was usually f…
Lithium Battery Cycling at Partial State of Charge
Most buyers read a lithium battery datasheet, find a cycle-life number, and build a duty plan around it. That number was measured at one depth of discharge…
Battery Solution for Trailers: Power, Charging and Uptime
A towed trailer is the only power platform I work on where the building moves, the utility disappears, and the load shows up before the wiring does. When a…
Lithium Battery for Traffic Signal Backup Power
I still remember the first intersection audit I ran with a city traffic crew. We pulled twenty cabinet doors in one day and found fifteen had battery backu…
Lithium Battery for Electric Outboard and Small Craft
Most electric outboard conversations start with a fuel bill. A centre console burning 60 litres of petrol on a day’s running is a boat that gets used less…
Battery Solution for Mobile Banking and Pop-Up Retail
I have spent much of the last six years specifying packs for two customers who look nothing alike on paper but need exactly the same thing: a mobile bankin…
Lithium Battery for Golf Carts and Resort Fleets
I have spent the better part of fourteen years specifying traction packs for everything from airport ground support equipment to agricultural utility vehic…
Home Energy Storage Sizing for Whole Home Backup
I have lost count of how many times a homeowner has called me after buying a home energy storage
system that turned out to be the wrong size. The pattern i…