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Battery banter

4 November 2019

The vehicle battery has for many years ceased to simply be a chemical storage device. Instead, it has turned into a critical integrated component within… Read More

‘r ‘r’s battery frame garages

Open up and say ‘R-R-R’

26 September 2019

Servicesure has teamed up with Yuasa to encourage garages to take battery testing seriously, through the frame of its three ‘R’s of battery health. … Read More

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VARTA becomes Top Technician/Top Garage 2020 sponsor

16 September 2019

VARTA is the latest high-profile name to become a sponsor of Top Technician and Top Garage 2020. Clarios is the global battery manufacturer behind the… Read More

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Launch UK: New battery tester system

19 June 2019

Launch UK has introduced a new BST-860 battery tester system. The BST-860 is suitable for testing 6 V, 12 V and 24 V batteries, as… Read More

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NOCO Genius

17 September 2018

ECOBAT Battery Technologies (EBT), formally Manbat, supplies the highly regarded NOCO Genius range of battery chargers and booster packs so consumers and workshops have the… Read More

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Part Seven: Electric and hybrid vehicles

22 June 2018

Over the past few months, we have looked at battery and electric motor technologies of electric and hybrid vehicles, as well as looking at… Read More

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technologies of electric and hybrid vehicles

17 February 2018

In the previous two issues, we looked at the way batteries store energy. We could in fact compare a battery to a conventional fuel tank… Read More

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New to the UK: Bosch BAT 645 and BAT 690 battery chargers

24 January 2018

The new BAT 645 and 690 battery chargers from Bosch feature 45 or 90 amperes of continuous current output. They are suitable for conventional lead-acid… Read More

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Gespasa meters for AdBlue

24 October 2017

Gespasa’s MGE-110 BLUE is an electronic flow meter designed to measure AdBlue but also suitable for water, fuel and light chemicals. The meter contains a… Read More

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Ring’s new zoom LED inspection torche

8 October 2017

Ring has created the Zoom range of four LED inspection torches specifically for mechanics. All torches in the range include a rechargeable Li-ion battery, so… Read More