Alliance Intelligent Battery Series
TM
User’s Guide
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Alliance Intelligent Battery Series™ batteries are shipped at 30% SOC. Fully charging
the Alliance Intelligent Battery Series™ at float voltage for 4-24 hours prior to first use
will ensure optimal balance and maximize the first discharge delivered capacity.
Cycle Life
Cycle life is dependent upon many application-specific factors including operating
temperature, charge/discharge rates, state of charge swing, and calendar time.
Please contact American Battery Solutions to understand the performance of Alliance
Intelligent Battery Series™ batteries in your specific application, given your duty/drive
cycles.
Shelf Life
Alliance Intelligent Battery Series™ batteries ship from the factory at approximately 30%
State of Charge (SOC) and slowly discharge primarily due to the small parasitic load of
the battery management system. Although batteries can remain above 10% SOC for up
to 18 months of storage where temperatures do not exceed 25 °C, storage at higher
temperatures accelerates the rate of discharge. Therefore, batteries that are stored for
extended periods of time should be charged every 12 months to ensure the batteries
do not discharge themselves into an unrecoverable under voltage lockout state (UVLO).
Alliance Intelligent Battery Series™ batteries being shipped by Air must comply with
ICAO regulations, which requires that the batteries be at or below a 30% SOC. These
batteries shipped by Air can remain functional for 16 months of shelf life where
temperatures do not exceed 25 °C.
Storage temperatures above 25 °C accelerate the rate of self-discharge and reduce the
shelf life.
Control Area Network (CAN) Interface
CAN is a standardized, low-cost, multi-master, broadcast network that is well suited for
smart battery applications. The Alliance Intelligent Battery Series™ battery CAN
interface provides access to battery status and configuration information. Through the
CAN interface the end-user can monitor battery performance, be notified of alarm or
warning conditions, and configure the CAN communications parameters and battery’s
behavior. CAN has error detection, fault containment and nondestructive arbitration