Eliminating battery changes reduces risk of personnel injury during the battery change operation and enhances pedestrian safety in the vicinity of heavily congested battery change area by reducing lift truck traffic

• Batteries remain in the truck and handling heavy batteries is avoided
• Minit-Charger may be placed where trucks normally operate

Eliminating battery conventional charging and change equipment results in substantial savings

• Reduced equipment requirement
• Simplified operation
• Elimination of OSHA / EPA trouble spot

Increased availability and productivity - elimination of battery change time, transit time and waiting in line at charge area

• Increased availability and productivity of operators
• Reassignment of battery room techs to other duties

  Example: 1 battery change per shift, 15 min. battery change, 2 shifts per day, 260 work days per year, 50 trucks, with operator pay and benefits of $18/hr=$117,000/year in productivity savings by eliminating battery changing

• Customers typically carry one battery per truck per shift

Customers typically upgrade, re-rack, re-work acid wash systems periodically to maintain OSHA standards and efficiency

• Eliminating the battery change area and equipment avoids the need to rework facilities

Because the equipment is no longer needed, the maintenance performed on it is eliminated.

• Change machine or overhead hoists are unnecessary and can be removed
• Service calls eliminated due to removed equipment

Truck maintenance is reduced because Minit-Charger encourages operation at higher battery voltages; battery maintenance is reduced because the Minit-Charger accurately controls charge - no damage from handling battery since it remains enclosed in compartment

• Battery voltage stays high
• Less stress on motors and components due to higher voltage levels
• Reduced watering frequency
• Battery handling eliminated

Minit-Charger controls charge to eliminate unintentional overcharge and resulting energy waste

• Minit-Charger charging within a 30% to 80% range is most efficient
• Minit-Charger patented charge technology - avoids unintentional overcharging

Ventilation systems are required for conventional battery change areas. Requirement eliminated with Minit-Charger

• Minit-Charger complies with OSHA , NEC and NFPA requirements.
• Savings from eliminated ventilation power consumption and service work

To facilitate exchanging batteries, some trucks require rollers on teflon slides.

• Batteries remain on truck and devices to ease exchanges are unnecessary