The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) is a not-for-profit regulatory organization operating in the United States, Canada, and the northern part of Baja California, Mexico.
NERC ensures reliability of the bulk power system by developing and enforcing system standards.
NERC Standard PRC-005 was created to assess the reliability of batteries used in the utility industry. NERC works to educate, train, and certify industry personnel for system awareness. This includes 4-, 6-, and 18-month maintenance requirements to be performed on VLA, VRLA, and NiCad batteries to remain compliant.
Franklin Electric Grid Solutions provides the needed hardware to help meet each customer's NERC PRC-005 battery maintenance plan. From hand held battery testers to fully automated battery monitoring solutions. Along with hardware, Franklin Electric Grid Solutions provides software to bring the total solution together. Franklin Electric Grid Solutions can take battery test data from hand held battery testers and/or battery monitoring systems and provide automatic analysis of test data, alarming and data retention to ensure your critical power systems can perform when called upon and stay compliant.
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Refer to Table 1-4(f) in PRC-005
Maintenance Activities:
Verify that the battery can perform as manufactured by evaluating cell/unit measurements indicative of battery performance (e.g. internal ohmic values or float current) against the battery baseline
OR
Verify that the battery can perform as manufactured by conducting a performance or modified performance capacity test of the entire battery bank
Maintenance Activities:
Inspect condition of all individual units by measuring battery cell/unit internal ohmic values
Verify that the battery can perform as manufactured by evaluating cell/unit measurements indicative of battery performance (e.g. internal ohmic values or float current) against the battery baseline
OR
Verify that the battery can perform as manufactured by conducting a performance or modified performance capacity test of the entire battery bank
Maintenance Activities:
Verify that the battery can perform as manufactured by conducting a performance or modified performance capacity test of the entire battery bank