Monthly Archives: August 2016

During the summer of 2016 IOTA Engineering unveiled their new dual function Solid State DC Charger Power Supply. This SDC series converter charger incorporates design suggestions from both commercial and retail users that currently enjoy the very popular DLS series power supplies and chargers. Let’s take a moment and review some of the highlights.

Solid DC Charging Performance

Have you ever experienced erratic AC power fluctuations? Perhaps the rolling brown-outs in California or the sudden voltage spikes that occur in rural America are something you are familiar with? Or does your generator put forth an erratic modified AC wave form instead of a pure sine wave? The IOTA Solid-DC Series keeps your DC loads operating perfectly, with clean, safe DC power. This avoids potential damage to your systems caused from errant DC voltage. No matter how unpredictable your AC line voltage, the SDC1 provides unparalleled protection against such dangers. To say it another way, they can handle the roughest

So how do you make a dead battery start? If it is dead, shouldn’t you just replace it? We are going to cover 5 ways to start a dead battery even without jumper cables. I’m willing to bet that most of you have never tried or even considered idea number five!

#1 – Find a Charger

Should you find yourself at home, the obvious first step would be to dig out and connect your charger. I could write countless articles on how and why selecting the proper chargers is important, but let’s keep it really simple: Use a Smart ‘Trickle’ Charger. Using grandpas old 1950’s style automotive charger or some gigantic beast mode charger may actually cause more harm than good.

#2 – Use Jumper Cables

The old tried and true method when stranded out on the road. The problem is, either you have to have a pair with you or you need to wait for a passer-by to come along with a set of cables. And if you do have them, you still need to wait for someone to stop and offer the use of their vehicle and battery.

#3 – Use

To see the latest Impact Battery BBB Review please check out the Better Business Bureau’s Central & Eastern Kentucky listing. Impact Battery has been accredited with the BBB since 2011 and is currently in good standing with an A+ rating.

Yes Impact Battery is Still in Business!

Impact Battery was founded in Oregon towards the end of 2009 and was first accredited by the Northwest BBB in 2011 before transferring primary operations to Kentucky in January 2013. At which time the Central & Eastern Kentucky BBB took over the accreditation and listing. Each of the regional Better Business Bureaus are independently operated and this has caused a great deal of confusion for our customers!

When we left the NW region they placed a note on the top of their listing in bright red capitol letters stating: IMPACT BATTERY IS BELIEVED TO BE OUT OF BUSINESS! We informed them of the move to KY and provided documentation that we were still very much a thriving entity that had simply moved. We requested they

I was looking under the hood of my Suburban yesterday pretending to know what I was doing. I wanted to see if I could figure out what was causing our heat to be blasting when the air conditioning was on the coolest setting. In true fashion, my mind started to do what it does best; lose focus on the task at hand. I couldn’t help but notice we have a Drakon Group 34/78 battery installed. And so I pondered…

The other day in our ‘What’s What in the Battery World’ series we compared the Optima RedTop, BlueTop and YellowTop batteries. The focus of the post was to determine how you could decipher which color Optima was best for you and your application. Specifically, we focused on the Group 34/78 size as a guide to understanding the differences. As I stared at this Drakon battery, I wondered “Who made the best sealed AGM Group 34/78 battery? What is it about some of these brands that make people so loyal or perhaps fanatical? Is it based solely on performance or some type of advertising or is