If it left too late the battery can dry
out. Our solution is the Battery Watering Monitor
otherwise known as the
The Blinky is a probe that is
inserted into one cell of a battery. It has a flashing green
LED that informs battery maintenance personnel when the
battery needs water, and when it does not, as follows:
When the LED is
blinking the battery's electrolyte level is OK and no water
is needed. In other words, leave the battery alone!
When the LED stops blinking the battery
needs water, so, you can "top it off"!
The "leave it alone" feature
make the Blinky surprisingly efficient. For example,
if you have a hundred batteries equipped with Blinkys, and
fifty are flashing while the other fifty are not, you just
ignore those that are flashing and fill the ones that are
not. How simple. How efficient!
(Please also note that for the Blinky to be
effective you just use a very reliable watering system like our
Water Injectors because the Blinky monitors only one cell and
assumes that all the others are the same. Don't try this
with float systems!)
Benefits of the Blinky:
- Provides accurate and understandable
information
- Prevents battery damage caused by
over-watering and under-watering
- Reduces maintenance time
- Improves operator safety by eliminating
individual cell inspections
- Fits almost all industrial lead-acid
batteries
- Costs very little to buy and install
- Survives tough, high temperature environments
- Avoids physical damage by sitting only 3/4
inch above the cell cover
- Draws its power from the battery on which it
is installed
(Note: It uses a minute amount of energy so the capacity of
the battery is not affected).
- Has a design life at least as long as that of
the battery itself.