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The other day my neighbor asked if I could recycle an old car battery they had sitting around. It had been left out to bake in direct sunlight and freeze in the winter snows. She indicated the car battery was brand new but never installed. Turns out the, Everstart 75-3N battery was left sitting outside their garage for over three years. I of course said we could recycle it and then I wondered if this starting battery could be restored? Despite the obvious 'abuse' and lack of use, would we be able to revive a battery that was severely discharged and had sulfated for 3 straight years?

On October 29th, 2016 a contingent from Impact Battery, a sponsor of the Skull Crusher Project, headed south to showcase the souped up Arctic Cat SxS at the Wildcat Adventures and Off Road Park as part of their haunted Halloween weekend festivities. The 1800 acre park is located a few minutes from I-75 in south central Kentucky just north of London in Laurel county. The weather couldn't have been better! It was a beautiful, unseasonably warm fall day. The balmy temperatures, allure of prizes, and haunted trails teased the huge crowd of thrill seekers and dust-loven-family-focused riders. It was the perfect combination of family fun that kept a steady line of traffic late into the evening.

In this addition of What’s What we will be comparing the ever popular IOTA DLS-55 M Series converters to the new 55 amp SDC Series converters. Both of these units are a DC power supply that can be retrofitted to become a smart charger. We first introduced the SDC series back in August 2016 where we highlighted its features and Iota Engineering’s legacy of excellence. We thought it would be useful to list the attributes of both the 12V 55A variations side by side to better contrast the changes.

How do you complete a warranty for a motorcycle battery purchased over the internet? Two humorous thoughts stand out as to why it would be highly inconvenient and next to impossible to ride your motorcycle over and let us look at it. A) Apparently the battery is not working. B) You may not be able to get the 6 days off work, nor have the funds to ride 2200 miles from California to Kentucky. But don’t you worry, we have come up with a series of questions and tests that allow us to evaluate and process your motorcycle battery for warranty despite the distance between us.

This is part three of a three part segment on motorcycle battery testing and warranties. Consider reading segment #1 on the importance of testing as well as the second segment on parallel charging.

Not All Warranties Are Created Equal

Most all motorcycle battery manufacturers do not handle warranty issues directly. They rely on merchants and distributors to fulfill this obligation. Each manufacturer has their own warranty

Energy Products initiated the Battery Partners program in January of 2016. Their goal is to advance the business of all Battery Specialists by being a single source mixed product supply chain solution. Terry McGee, the SLI Division Manager for the Battery Partners program summed it up this way, “We are not just a shop trying to sell you something. We work with you, our partners, to provide solutions to take your business to the next level.”

The customer centric culture within Energy Products fits with how we at Impact Battery strive to do business and serve our customers. If the first annual Battery Fest was a small taste of what Battery Specialist like us can expect as we partner together, then I think our customers and staff will enjoy what the future holds.

I have to be honest; if you asked me what I thought of Detroit a few months ago, I would have said it brings images to mind of what has gone wrong with urban America. Since January I have made several trips to the Motor City. Now

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

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