Thanks for your comment Forkingabout, much appreciated. I am amazed at how many members of this site have taken time out to help me by offering thoughts and opinions. If any helps me prove my case that would be fantastic. Really the most help has been reclaiming my sanity from powers that be stating my incident was made up and never actually or could have happened. Thanks again all from me and my family who are in this battle with me.
One of the tests I sometimes carry out for a suspect battery is to drive at full speed then operate the lift, if a battery is suspect the truck will stop suddenly / cut out.
Obviously when I carry out that test I'm expecting the truck to stop suddenly.
Thank-you for your welcomed reply RayTech, your information will be extremely valuable in helping me prove my incident.
Most appreciative,
Adam
The poor battery maintenance you describe will cause any forklift to stop! opportunity charging gives a false reading, and the voltage drops too low, truck stops because electric brake has no power, and stops dead...your nose into screen! The brake is spring loaded, on all the time, until the computer powers it off. Poor maintenance alone will cause the truck to stop. Could be any brand!
Battery needs 8 hour cycle charge, 8 hrs to cool, then used until it's dead again. That's one life. Charge it here and there 20 mins, that kills the battery and makes it unsafe for anyone to use
Hello Edward T,
Thank-you for taking the time to help me, your information is extremely valuable and highly appreciated.
there are many reasons an order picker might go into full traction shut down, as a safety measure. low battery _should_ make the lift cut out before the traction shuts down. full traction shut down is more likely to be from some (safety) thing where the alternative would have been an uncontrolled operation (run away full speed with out control*, or not being able to steer).
on trucks using an SCR controller, low battery voltage CAN cause a situation of run away (the main SCR turns on and does not turn off, technically speaking,) which would correctly trigger a full safety shut down that would require the key switch (or maybe disconnect the battery, in some cases) to get the machine to reset/reboot.
I would call it a "known safety feature", not a "known problem". good luck.