The Low Cost Solution to Flat Batteries  (suitable for engines with up to 1000 amps starting current)

Higher specification charging systems, dual batteries and split charging systems help, at a cost, to maintain battery charge whilst high current equipment is operating and the engine running.

However a flat battery is far from a thing of the past as a result of electrical equipment being left on while the engine is switched off, operator error, or parasitic currents!  And many vehicles do not lend themselves to the application of such expensive and complicated battery management systems.

Now, PriorityStart provides a low cost solution to flat batteries either stand-alone or as a belt and braces solution alongside higher specification charging systems.

Accidental discharging of vehicle batteries results in

• Lack of vehicle availability leading to customer complaints, unproductive operators/drivers

• Call-out costs

• Potentially battery-damaging recharging practices

• Use of dangerous or damaging jump leads  

• Inconvenience and irritation to all concerned

• Irreversible damage to the battery destroying its ability to be fully recharged.

• Accelerated battery failure with associated costs

• Higher maintenance costs

Product features      Buy samples for testing  from our fleet shop?

• Installation in less than 15 minutes on most applications

• Monitors battery voltage and disconnects automatically at a predefined low voltage level

• One or two low drain circuits can remain connected

• Does not depend on the operator or driver being present

• Automatically reconnects when ignition key or other electrical device is turned on

• Protects electronics from battery terminal sparking - New!

• Already proven on thousands of vehicles

• Maintenance free

• 12 volt and 24 volt products available                        

Technical Summary

PriorityStart! is a patented heavy duty electro-mechanical device (handles up to 1000 amps) that disconnects and reconnects the battery when required.  To do so it uses not a relay but a bi-directional motor geared to provide a 35 kg clamping force on its internal contacts resulting in a very low resistance and high reliability. This clamping force is superior to a normal battery post to cable connection.

It passively monitors battery voltage and detects a drain due to equipment being left on without the engine running. When the battery voltage has been beneath a predefined threshold for more than one minute then the battery is automatically disconnected.

Patented circuitry inhibits undesired disconnection whilst the engine is running or hazard lights flashing

The unit then automatically reconnects the battery - simply operate a light switch, push on the brake pedal or turn the key! No buttons or switches, just START!

PriorityStart! does not disconnect and reconnect each time the vehicle is started, only when a load has been left on when the key is turned off.

Its housing is moulded polypropylene, the same material as a battery case, and weighs approximately 0.5 kg.

Temperature range -40 to +85 centigrade