PowerHouse IHF Charger
High Frequency
Cutting-Edge
Technology for
Today’s Material
Handling Equipment
www . Powerhousechargers.com
PowerHouse Charger Experience
•Over 1,000,000 industrial quality battery chargers have been manufactured.
•Benning has been producing motive power chargers since 1954
•Benning was the first company to introduce a high frequency charger in 1984.
•Crown has been building batteries since 1926
•Crown Battery has delivered more than 4,000 opportunity and fast charge installations.
PowerHouse IHF Product Development Plan
• Additional charger features
– Traction Manager Software on Windows Mobile PDA –
Available Now
– Batcom Basic Communication with Charger - Dec 2008
– Integration of energy management software : Dec 2008
– Canadian 575/600 VAC input available in January 2009
– New Compact 24 KW cabinet available in November 2008
PowerHouse Charger IHF Program Status
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Full Production in Bocholt, Germany ongoing.
Large Stock of Popular models in Dallas, Texas.
Dallas Production of 3 to 12 KW units will begin in November 2008.
Dallas production of 18 to 36 KW units will begin in January 2009.
Upgraded IHF Charger with display shipping late October 2008.
Dallas Texas Production Facility
• Subsidiary of Benning Germany
• Express Stock Program
• Large Modern Facility – Currently
Expanding for Future Capacity
• 30 Full Time Employees
• North and South America Assembly,
and Service Responsibility
• Complete Telephone Support
Capabilities
Power House Charger IHF – Design Performance
Designed according to :
• UL 1564 (File open in progress)
• CSA 107.2 (File open in progress)
• BCIS -18 rev 01
• EN 61000-3-2 (EMI)
• Efficiency of about 92% over the entire charging cycle.
• Power Factor greater than .99
• Reduced volume and weight by a factor of 5
• Suitable for flooded and maintenance free batteries
• Energy saving + battery protection charging characteristics
• Keep battery at lower temperature thanks to the ripple free charging current.
• Designed for 15 years or 30,000 operating hours of industrial useage.
PowerHouse IHF Charger - Technology
Power House Intelligent High Frequency Power Conversion
Controller
1 or 3-Phase
AC Input
HF Transformer
+
+
Switchmode
Power
Converter
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+ Filtering
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Output
Rectifier
Input
Rectifier
Unregulated Input DC
HF AC
Rectified HF DC
DC+
Output
DC-
Filtered DC
Power House Charger IHF- Charging flexibility
Conventional and Opportunity charging capabilities
8 Factory pre-programmed charge algorithms
User selectable charging profile providing :
Short recharge times of 7.5 - 8 hours
Energy savings by avoiding battery overcharge
Field programmable charging parameters using
the traction Monitor Software.
Deep discharge function
Weekly scheduler for flexible charging characteristics
PowerHouse Charger IHF - Traffic Light Status display
YELLOW =
charge
RED = fault
GREEN = charge
complete
Traffic Light Display Can Be Seen From
Across A Plant Floor From A Large Distance –
Charger Status Can Be Seen At A Glance.
PowerHouse IHF Chargers – Display + Keypad
• New Display + Keypad Control Panel
• Shipping Late October 2008
Charging voltage
80 V
Charging current %
100 %
Charging current
35 A
Recharged Ah
110 Ah
Charging voltage V/C
2,0 V/Z
PowerHouse Chargers IHF – Display Menu Function
IHF customer menu
battery menu
>
battery capacity
charge program
charge program no. 2***
basic settings
>
language
>
German
English US
English GB
others
timer
>
set date
set time
show date/time
display
>
intensity
contrast
info
functions
>
switch on delay
deep discharge start
timeout backlight
PowerHouse Chargers IHF – Display Menu Function
IHF customer menu
history
>
end of charge data
>
service*
data set 1
:
data set 10
BATCOM basic data**
>
battery code
remaining capacity
batt.-temperature
elektrolye OK?
statistics
>
started chargings
finished chargings
forced switch overs
safety switch offs
I/U errors
PowerHouse Chargers IHF – Display Menu Function
IHF service menu
functions
>
charge program no. 2
>
inactive
active
test functions
>
red status light on
yellow status light on
green status light on
LED maintenance free on
relay k1 on
relay k2 on
fan test
electrolyte lamp on**
battery menu
reset functions
>
>
battery capacity
charge program no. 1
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charge program no. 2
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LP1 (E)PzS
LP1 (E)PzS
LP2 (E)PzV/GiV-0U
LP2 (E)PzV/GiV-0U
LP3 (E)PzS Puls
HW-reset
LP3 (E)PzS Puls
LP4 GiV
statistics reset
LP4 GiV
LP5 (E)PzV
charge program reset
LP5 (E)PzV
LP6 QuickCharge
charger reset
LP6 QuickCharge
LP7 WU0U
clear history
LP7 WU0U
LP8 IUIa
LP8 IUIa
LP9 Evolution
LP9 Evolution
PowerHouse IHF Chargers - Software
• Windows based software for programming and monitoring the parameters.
• Intuitive menu driven operation
• 2 modes of operation available
• Customer mode
• Download data, change charge program and parameters
• Service mode
• Reset charger, erase statistics counter
• Compiles Statistics data in a separate hard drive folder
• Charge cycles count
• Forced switch over count
• Excess charging count
• I/U errors count
• Low level electrolyte count
PowerHouse IHF Chargers - Software
PowerHouse IHF Chargers - Software
PowerHouse IHF Chargers - Software
PowerHouse Chargers Service Training & Warranty
• Standard Warranty
– 3 years Full Parts and Labor – The Industry Leader!
• Extended warranty
– 3% per annum up to maximum 10 years
– No Other Manufacturer Can Offer This Warranty On High Tech
Chargers!
• Service Training
– Can be performed:
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At a lift truck dealer or battery distributor
At the end-user customer’s operation
At Crown factory locations in the USA and Canada
At PowerHouse chargers facility in Dallas, Texas
PowerHouse Chargers - Global National Accounts
STILL
Jungheinrich
Linde
Hoppecke
General Motors
Ford
Audi
Toyota
Nestle’/ Edy’s
DaimlerChrysler
VW
U.S. Cold Storage
Vienna Airport
Lufthansa Cargo
TNT
Atlet
Renault
DNATA (Dubai Airport)
Packaging Corp. of America