B11454 BHM Voyager Portable Track Lift Battery A8500 700-08500

Question and Answers

What is the recommended charge procedure for the voyager lift batteries?

The best advice I can give is to keep the batteries charged when not using them. A pattern I have advised other clients with the lift and also have two batteries, is to recharge the batteries after use, either in a day or after each use as this will mitigate the depth of discharge and lend to higher cycling capability. The way to work in the second battery is to rotate the batteries either weekly, biweekly or monthly – whatever is most convenient and easy to track. The thing to note on this rotation is the batteries need to be set aside fully charged. Lead acid will give you the longest life when kept charged and the technology used in these batteries will retain their charge for about 3-6 months before needing recharge depending on the storage temperature. In home environments, I would advise a monthly rotation to be the longest as warmer temps allow shorter storage time of the batteries.

How long will the voyager lift battery last?

In an attempt to keep this in lay terms, your application is very much usage based and could see the batteries consumed more quickly with a higher use. The type of batteries used in the lift can only cycle 150-200 times at 100% depth of discharge and can be consumed in less than a year depending on use.

My battery is about 2 years old and seems to be taking longer to charge, and doesn’t do quite as many lifts before the lift beeps that the battery is low.

The longer time for recharge and quicker for the lift to beep with low battery both correlate to the battery coming towards it’s end of life and you should be planning on replacing soon.