This page will lead you to the answers for the most common questions concerning installation and maintenance of industrial batteries, just follow the links at the left or below. 

If you do not find the answers you are looking for here, please give us a call at (800) 443-3492 or email us. Engineering@bulldog-battery.com

All the files below are in Adobe Acrobat Reader format.  A link is provided below that will allow you to download the reader if you do not have it. 

Some of the items below you will also find in our service manual. They are listed here separately to address questions more commonly asked about the service and maintenance of industrial batteries.

To save this file to your local drive, right click on the hyperlink and select "save target as" from the popup menu.

adobeGR.gif (712 bytes) Link to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Chart listing volume and weight of sulphuric acid for each cell type.

Complete battery service manual.

Advantages of flat plate battery construction over tubular plate construction. 

Explanation and use of the cadmium electrode. 

6, 4, & 3 hour discharge rates allowing accelerated capacity testing.

Laboratory analysis, advantages and disadvantages of high gravity batteries.

Finish rates for motive power batteries.

Formula for calculating hydrogen gas evolved during recharge.

Formula for calculating kilowatt hour capacity.

Specific gravity and voltage correction chart.

Treatment process for recovering a sulphated battery.

Battery voltage and it's correlation to specific gravity.