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5 Common problems with your lead-acid genset starting system (and how to solve them)

5 Common problems with your lead-acid genset starting system (and how to solve them)

Our genset power solutions director, Eric Solanyk, led a discussion on alternatives to lead-acid batteries for genset starting systems.

We discuss lead-acid genset batteries problems related to

  1. Reliability
  2. DC System Complexity
  3. Footprint
  4. Operations
  5. Logistics

and the current alternatives to lead-acid genset systems, such as nickel-cadmium and nickel-zinc.

Watch the recording:

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Meet our host and panelist for this episode

 
Eric Solanyk

Eric Solanyk

Genset Power Solutions Director

Eric Solanyk is the Genset Power Solutions Director with Stored Energy Systems (SENS) in Longmont, CO.

He has worked as a design engineer on precision electromechanical systems for 13 years and has designed mission-critical industrial DC power systems for 8 years.

These systems are protecting mission-critical infrastructure in datacenter, power generation, utilities, switchgear, and energy applications around the world.

He received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado and is an inventor of 4 design patents.

Selim Maalouf

Selim Maalouf

Host

Selim Maalouf is the content writer with Stored Energy Systems (SENS) and the host for this series.

He has worked both as a design engineer and a solutions engineer on end-of-line packaging automation systems for 7 years.

These completely automated lines have been powering some of the leading food & beverage, water, dairy, home & personal care, edible oil, and lube oil producers in the Europe and MENA regions.

He combines industrial engineering and marketing experience to ensure that SENS is delivering valuable content for our audience across all our channels.

He received his MS in Mechanical Engineering from the faculty of Engineering of the Lebanese University.

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