HOW-TO VIDEO

Charging the car battery

Charging of conventional wet batteries and EFB batteries:

- Before charging, check electrolyte level and, if necessary, fill up desalinated or distilled water to the max. acid residue mark or 15 mm above the upper edge of the plate. The screw connections of the battery must not remain open during charging, it is best to close them again.

AGM batteries must not be opened, refilling with water is not possible or necessary.

- Connect the positive pole of the battery to the positive pole of the charger and the negative pole to the negative pole of the charger. Only switch on the charger after connecting the battery. Switch off the charger when charging is complete.

- A tenth of the capacity is recommended as charging current. (e.g. 44 Ah: 10 = 4.4 A charging current). With an automatic charger like the Banner Accucharger this setting happens, as the name suggests, automatically.

- Charging is complete when the current drops to 0 or no longer decreases or the automatic charger switches off. Provide good ventilation during charging. Attention: Highly explosive oxyhydrogen gas forms during charging! Fire, sparks, open light and smoking prohibited!

- AGM batteries must be charged with a voltage regulated charger, e.g. Banner Accucharger (max. 14.8V)!

As a general rule, fully automatic chargers (charging voltage limitation with 14.8V) are well suited for charging the battery installed in the vehicle. If your charger has an automatic mode with voltages >15.9V, the battery must be disconnected from the on-board electronics or removed from the vehicle. In the worst case the installed control units could be destroyed by overvoltages, the resulting damage would be enormous!

However, one thing should be noted from the outset. Namely, that in view of the sensitive electronic components in the vehicle, as a rule starting assistance should only be given by means of a Banner Booster. This is because start assistance from vehicle to vehicle can lead to voltage peaks during the disconnection of the terminals, which can damage or even destroy car electronic systems.

Therefore, it is essential that the following procedure be strictly observed when using starter cables!
– Standardised starter cables (e.g. in accordance with DIN 72 553) should always be used when giving starting assistance.
– Observe the instructions for the use of the starter cables.
– Only connect batteries with the same nominal voltage.
– When connecting the terminals, switch off both vehicle engines!
– First connect the two positive terminals (1) with (2). Then connect the negative terminal of the assisting vehicle (3) with (4), the blank metallic point on the vehicle requiring assistance, away from the battery. (Observe the instructions of the vehicle manufacturer.)
– Now start the vehicle needing assistance for a maximum of 15 seconds. Do not start the assisting vehicle.
– When disconnecting the terminals, remove the cables in the reverse sequence to the above.

Attention: The car battery is not always installed in the engine compartment, but can also be located in the interior/passenger compartment or luggage compartment. The procedure of the jump start remains unchanged!

What can one do when everything is dead? Banner Boosters supply mobile power at any time and anywhere.

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Every year, Reisemobil International, the trade magazine for motorhomes and motorhomes, conducts the "King Customer" survey. The survey asks how satisfied readers are with caravans and accessories. Reisemobil International calls the study "King Customer" because it is ultimately the customers who determine which brands are on the winners' podium.

Banner made it to third place in the accessories category "on-board battery".

More information can be found in the report "König Kunde" -Award 2018 (german)

Banner GmbH has been producing high-quality, lead-acid starter batteries in Austria since 1937. Our products are subject to a closed life cycle, whereby almost all raw materials, including lead and polypropylene for example, are recycled. As such, the responsible and environmentally friendly use of lead and lead oxide is integral to our work.

By law, we are required to once again make you aware that we use lead in our batteries. This is as a result of EC regulation no. 1907/2006 (REACH, article 59 1 10) and the revision of the Candidate List from which substances, that are of particularly high concern, are selected for authorisation (Version 28.08.2018; see https://echa.europa.eu/de/candidate-list-table)

Information letter

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Katrin Hilpold, Marketing Manager at Banner, accepted the certificate from Monica Rintersbacher, Managing Director "Leitbetriebe Austria", at the theme evening in St. Pölten.

Photocredit: Sabine Klimpt

Günter Helmchen, the CEO of Banner Batterien Deutschland GmbH, sees the premium supplier’s presentation at this year’s Automechanika as demonstrating that: “With the enhanced flooded battery (EFB) and absorbent glass mat (AGM) technologies for micro-hybrid drives and start-stop applications, we provide clear evidence of our sense of responsibility with regard to a resource-protective and sustainable business approach. During the past financial year alone, with our start-stop batteries we contributed to fuel savings of around 66 million litres and a reduction in CO2 emissions of approximately 164,000t. In addition, our new battery management systems for cars and commercial vehicles represent a systematic continuation of our successful strategy for the sustainable mobility of the future. In this connection, environmental protection and the common good constitute the number one priority, which is also linked to the fact that today lead-acid batteries can be recycled to an unsurpassed degree of virtually 100 per cent.”

For further information see press release

PDF Banner Running Bull EFB for start-stop vehicles with a high energy requirement

PDF Banner’s location in Leonding numbers among Europe’s most modern battery plants

PDF Günter Helmchen, CEO, Banner Batterien Deutschland GmbH (centre), with the Banner Group’s CEOs, Thomas Bawart (l.) and Andreas Bawart (r.)

PDF Leading automotive manufacturers trust Banner batteries

PDF The Banner recycling loop

Fotocredit: Banner Batterien

BOMAG, manufacturer of compaction machines, uses extremely vibration and cycle resistant EFB and AGM batteries from Banner.

The world market leader in the soil compaction sector regularly assesses its suppliers in detail and has now awarded batteries from Banner four times in succession: Banner was again able to increase slightly and, with an overall result of over 96%, will again receive the top supplier classification "A-supplier" for the year 2017.

BOMAG certificate A-supplier 2017

There are often different names used on the market for start/stop technology in the battery sector:

AFB = Advanced Flooded Battery
ECM = Enhanced Cyclic Mat
EFB = Enhanced Flooded Battery

AFB and ECM car batteries can be replaced by the Banner Running Bull EFB. In identical housing and identical performance class.

PDF Banner Running Bull EFB:

EFB technology is mainly used in start/stop systems with high energy requirements. The Running Bull EFB battery is the ideal solution for small cars up to the upper middle class.

Only different designations from different suppliers are used. For example, Mercedes notes VRLA on the top label of AGM start/stop car batteries.

VRLA car batteries can be replaced by the Banner Running Bull AGM. In identical box and in the same performance class.

AGM = Absorbent Glass Mat, the acid is absorbed in the glass fleece and thus bound.

VRLA = Valve Regulated Lead Acid, a valve-regulated lead/acid battery with AGM technology.

PDF Banner Running Bull AGM:

AGM technology is mainly used in start/stop systems with maximum energy consumption and brake energy recovery. The Running Bull AGM battery is the ideal solution here, primarily for medium and luxury vehicles.