Battery Maintenance for Mission Critical Equipment
A proper battery maintenance system increases reliability and lowers operating costs of mission-critical portable radios used by emergency service personnel
Why Battery Maintenance is Important
- Safety: What is the acceptable number of sudden radio failures you allow your people to experience? One may be too many… Emergency services rely on their portable communications tools to ensure their own safety and the safety of those they serve.
- Reliability: tracking your fleet of batteries ensures that your equipment is ready for action whenever it’s needed.
- Cost Savings: using quality service tools will extend the life of your batteries resulting in lower replacement costs.
The Green Light Lies...
- The green light indicates that a battery is charged not that there is enough energy in it to do the job.
- Bad batteries charge faster and reach “green” before good batteries – making them more likely to be used.
...does not mean "ABLE"
Proper Maintenance Means Lower Costs- Your aging fleet of nickel batteries requires vigilance to ensure you are getting the most value from it.
- In a comparison of 3 maintenance methods, Cadex’s unique Reconditioning resulted in cost savings of nearly 50%.
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“But I Use Lithium Batteries...” While lithium-ion batteries may not need the monthly reconditioning that your nickel-based batteries require, proper maintenance is still critical.
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more than you need to on your batteries?
Cadex Offers Many Options for Many Needs
- Suitable for nickel or lithium
- Multiple battery models (over 1,500 adapters available)
- Radios, cell/smartphones, flashlights, portable equipment of any sort
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Cost savings with battery maintenance
To reduce battery replacement costs for two-way radios, GTE Government Services did a study on US Naval Ships by applying three battery service models: Charge-and-use, Exercise and Recondition. Recondition is a deep discharge exclusive to Cadex battery analyzers to restore nickel-cadmium batteries affected by memory. GTE discovered that Recondition provides a nine-fold cost reduction over other methods. Based on these results, GTE endorses the Cadex battery analyzers for all operations.
Maintenance Models |
Annual % of Batteries Requiring Replacement | Annual Cost |
| Charge-and-use | 45% | $40,500 |
| Exercise | 14% | $13,500 |
| Recondition | 5% | $4,500 |
What others say... "“The compatibility of the C7000 with our asset management program is a money saver!
Our use of 10 different batteries makes the C7 an integral part of our communications equipment.“" - Richard Nowakowski, Radio Frequency Coordinator
Office of Emergency Communications, Chicago, IL
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Restores weak batteries, prolongs battery life and improves system reliability; pays back in one year by lowering operating costs.
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| Watch this video to understand how a fire department saves money and ensures equipment readiness with our battery maintainance solution |
