What staff need to know before working around lithium packs.
Hazards, PPE and isolation
Insulated tools, isolation procedure and a no-lone-working rule.
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Emergency procedures and drills
Practise the response once; a plan nobody has rehearsed is a document, not a plan.
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Maintenance & testing questions
Short answers to the ones that come up most.
How do I test a battery?
Resting voltage, then under load, then internal resistance.
Lithium maintenance?
Terminals, ventilation, BMS log.
Swollen battery?
Stop using and replace it.
Storage?
Half charge, cool, disconnected.
When to replace?
When delivered capacity no longer meets the job.
