Forklift

Maintaining the forklift battery

Once a week (pick one day every week!)

• Lift the seat lid and hold it up with the red latch
• Ideally do the following with rubber gloves to protect your hands
• Look inside each of the yellow caps to see the battery acid level
• Add distilled water to each hole so the level comes just to the bottom of the yellow cap tube. Too much and the battery will spew sulferic acid all over the battery top when it charges. Not enough and the level will go down and uncover the battery plates, causing them to oxidize extra fast.
• Be sure to use DISTILLED water and a small plastic funnel
• Clean up with paper towels and wash your hands thoroughly with lots of soap to clean off the acid vapors and such.

To charge the battery

1. shut down the forklift completely
2. open up and latch the seat lid over the battery
3. make sure the charger is off (at zero)
4. unplug the huge cable from the forklift and plug it into the charger
5. turn the charger past 6 hours and then set the charging time to the length of time that the forklift was actually used. This can be done at the end of the day.
6. After the charger time is up. Unplug the battery from the charger, plug it back into the forklift, close the seat cover and your finished.

Note: charging the battery produces hydrogen gas bubbles coming out of the battery. DO NOT smoke near the battery when the seat lid is up, especially not while charging is going on.

Forklift Mechanics

Premier Lift Truck Service, Inc.

Out of Tualitin. They sold us our battery and can work on the battery or charger if issues arise. Phone: (503) 691-1430. Contact name: Monty, Dispatcher Larry, Mechanic