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Understanding how batteries operate is essential for maintaining your overall battery health. With proper care, you can extend the useful life of your battery. In this lesson, we will go over how lead batteries work. 

Battery recycling, it’s one of the best ways to protect the environment, conserve resources, and reduce our carbon footprint. But which battery technology is 99% recyclable — and which batteries are landfillable? Keep reading to find out!

Can you imagine living without the electronics and lifestyle that batteries make possible? We can’t. Batteries ushered in the modern era, from powering early homes and cars to making a wireless society and off-grid living possible.

If your company or work involves aerial work platforms, forklifts, boom lifts, or other material handling machines – chances are you already know how costly and frustrating any downtime or delays can be. But with so many different technical elements you’re expected to know about, it can be difficult to determine what’s really important when selecting batteries.

  Montgomery, IL — Pike Systems provides full-service janitorial supplies and service for school districts, hospitals, and health departments. As Ed Bernal of Pike Systems says: “My customers can’t afford downtime. If their batteries aren’t reliable, or if they have to wait for new batteries, they’re not getting their job done [...] With Crown, we can turn around batteries really quickly and get their machine up and running within two to three days. That's huge.” With this in mind, Ed breaks down how Crown Battery helps him achieve some of his biggest goals.

Pippi Peterson lives in off-grid in her solar-powered RV, year-round. Because of the popularity of her YouTube channel about RV living, Pippi was offered free lithium batteries – to which she refused. If you are considering any form of off-grid living, keep reading to find out why lithium batteries weren't a good fit for Pippi.

When your business depends on industrial lift trucks, the right battery makes a huge difference -- in lifespan, performance, durability, and return on investment. But how do you select the right battery for your application -- and what else do good batteries do for you?