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January, we asked transportation departments around the coun- try a few questions concerning how they track battery installs, preventative maintenance practices for batteries and the average life of the batteries in their fleets. Altogether, about 65 percent of respondents said they get be-
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tween three to four years of usage out of their batteries according to the more than 400 people who answered this particular ques- tion. Another 22 percent said they squeeze up to five years out of their batteries, and only about 8 percent of the total were able to stretch that life to six years. Two words regularly were used by those who are able to get
and more, engines are equipment that need to be monitored and maintained just like any other to make sure drivers start each day with a positive charge instead of that clicking sound we’ve all heard moments before you try to remember where you left your jumper cables. As part of the multi-faceted maintenance survey conducted in
the most out of their batteries — preventative maintenance. Lanny Knopp, shop foreman at Moses Lake School District in central Washington, is able to push that number to seven years by utilizing a preventative maintenance program that includes regularly cleaning the battery terminals. Overall, 94 percent of survey respondents said they perform the same step to ensure they get the most out of their batteries. Oth- ers, like St. Charles (Ill.) Community Unit School District 303 Shop Manager Ken Farley, use dual batteries to get more than six years out of their batteries. “We found using multiple batteries greatly extends their life,
as well as reducing occurrences of no starts due to weak or dead batteries,” said Farley. “Te multiple batteries also aid in being
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