Comtest has expanded its range of industrial and electrical test
equipment to include battery management technology. The recognised
world leader in battery management technology, Midtronics, provides
innovative battery testing, monitoring and diagnostic charging
solutions for a wide range of battery applications, including vehicle
starting batteries, backup power and motive power.
During a
recent trip to South Africa Erik Verest, Midtronics Sales Manager
Industrial Products, together with Hilton Preston of Comtest, visited a
number of end users who were excited about the prospects that these
battery chargers offered them.
“Many companies like the
Telcos, Mines and Industries heavily reliant on standby power, waste
hundreds and thousands of rand each year replacing banks of batteries
when they could use a comprehensive, non-invasive method of predicting
battery capacity, and in so doing only replace those batteries whose
actual lifecycle is over,” says Verest.
“ Using the
Midtronics non-destructive, non-invasive testing system, these
companies now have the ability to predict battery maintenance cycles
more accurately. Midtronics empowers them to make an informed decision
– replace or extend a battery’s lifecycle - saving time and money and
affording peace of mind.
“We showed some end users in South
Africa how, by making use of our management tool, they could save
R1million just in the coming year using Midtronics testers. The
Belgium Telco had a serial defect policy in place which required them
to replace their complete battery banks every eight years. Since
using the Midtronics testers they have saved in the region of €1.75
million over three years and are now only replacing batteries when they
really need to – extending their life in some instances by three years”.
Hilton Preston of Comtest added: “In South Africa the amount of
standby power that is required is significant and to manage it requires
a lot of time. From our experience many companies run in excess of 200
days behind their planned battery maintenance programme which can
result in downtime resulting in aggrevation and a serious loss of
revenue. With the Midtronics solution we are now able to assist these
companies to keep to their battery maintenance programmes and to be
aware of the batteries state of health at all times.”
Midtronics industrial battery testing and monitoring equipment is
preferred or required for battery management decisions at major
communications and energy providers around the world. The Midtronics
team provides the highest quality battery management products while
creating industry-driving technologies.
Comtest is the authorised distributor of the industrial range of Midtronics Battery Test Equipment in southern Africa.