Interstate Batteries' ED-183 provides enhanced data collection, reporting

Interstate Batteries’ ED-183 provides enhanced data collection, reporting

The third-generation, handheld ED-183 battery analyzer now provides additional comprehensive and expeditious battery testing analysis for consumers, dealers and franchisees. Users now have enhanced capability to track performance and battery sales activity at their individual locations.

Interstate Batteries said its third-generation, handheld ED-183 battery analyzer now provides additional comprehensive and expeditious battery testing analysis for consumers, dealers and franchisees.

“The ED-183 has been a great battery analyzer for both the consumer and the many technicians we serve at locations across America,” said Interstate Batteries Senior Marketing Director Tom Gray. “We have taken the performance of this device to another level with this third generation development. Now, franchisees and dealers will be able to evaluate on a daily basis how the battery analyzing efforts are impacting the sales and service performance of their individual locations.”

In less than a minute, the ED-183 provides a printout that includes the data about the life expectancy of the battery and its performance, just as the previous editions of the product provided. Additionally, with this new version, users now have enhanced capability to track performance and battery sales activity at their individual locations. Data gathered by the ED-183 is wirelessly uploaded daily and stored for future retrieval and analysis, according to the company.

The maker said the device also scans the vehicle identification number (VIN) and stores it for easy reference, allowing the vehicle’s battery requirements to be stored and retrieved.

“The ED-183 has transformed the way batteries are serviced and sold using our unique marginality analysis for battery preventive maintenance,” Gray said. “Traditional battery testers identify three battery conditions: good, bad and discharged. The ED-183 can identify a marginal battery, one that is about to fail. What really makes it unique is it can predict a cold temperature at which the battery may fail to start the vehicle.”

The tool determines the battery’s state of charge by digital voltage reading and compares the battery’s temperature with a conductance reading in order to identify marginality, according to the maker.

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