| Some customer is one who operates website | | | | ready for the next person. Little or no care is |
| with mobile phone battery, a laptop battery or a | | | | given to these batteries. Perhaps due to neglect, |
| video camera battery for business or pleasure. He | | | | fleet batteries generally have a shorter service life |
| or she will most likely follow the recommended | | | | than those in personal use. |
| guidelines in caring for the battery. The user will | | | | How can fleet batteries be made to last longer? If |
| get to know the irregularities of the battery. | | | | the battery fails, another pack is issued. Little or |
| When the runtime gets low, the battery often | | | | no care is given and the failure rate is high. |
| gets serviced or replaced. Critical failures are rare | | | | Because of the high failure rate of fleet batteries |
| because the owner adjusts to the performance | | | | and the uncertain situations such failures create, |
| of the battery and lowers expectations as the | | | | some organizations assign a person to maintain |
| battery ages. | | | | batteries. This person checks all batteries on a |
| The fleet user, on the other hand, has little | | | | scheduled basis, exercises them for optimum |
| personal interest in the battery and is unlikely to | | | | service life, and replaces those that fall below an |
| tolerate a pack that is less than perfect. The fleet | | | | accepted capacity level and do not recover with |
| user simply grabs a battery from the charger and | | | | maintenance programs. Batteries perform an |
| expects it to last through the shift. The battery is | | | | important function; giving them the care they |
| returned to the charger at the end of the day, | | | | deserve is appropriate. |