DPI Designs New Battery Charger for Solar-Powered Applications

PINEY FLATS, Tenn. – Diversified Power International (DPI) is fostering environmental stewardship by developing its first solar-powered battery charger.

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Featuring patent-pending technology, the new charger uses a solar-powered energy system that distributes electrical impulses generated by a solar panel. The Piney Flats, Tenn.-based company began working on the charger in June 2006 and successfully field-tested the product in October 2007.

“DPI is interested in penetrating an environmental marketplace,” says Jerry Fagan, president of DPI, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2007. “This product marks a good start for us in that area. This charger uses a microprocessor to implement the charge algorithm, which makes it a very smart unit. But it is also very eco-friendly due to the solar element.”

DPI’s solar-powered charger is being applied initially to power automatic gate openers such as those used to operate swing and slide gates on outdoor entrances. The gate charger will be sold by a large network of distributors to major retail outlets such as Tractor Supply Company, Lowe’s and The Home Depot in the United States and Canada.

Eager to embrace “green” technology, DPI executives plan to apply their solar-powered charger to other applications, including but not limited to backup sump pump systems, emergency service vehicles, recreational vehicles, field-powered remote equipment and a host of consumer product applications.

“This technology could be applied to anything stationary or mobile that needs to operate away and out of reach of conventional power outlets,” says Tony Trigiani, vice president and engineering manager for DPI.

Founded in 1997, DPI manufactures intelligent battery charging systems utilizing new and innovative technologies developed in-house.

DPI offers a standard inventory of high-volume, cost-targeted, off-the-shelf products, as well as custom designs for lead acid batteries, nickel metal hydride, nickel cadmium and lithium-ion batteries. The company also provides custom electronics, custom software, enclosures, manufacturing and testing. DPI chargers contain microprocessors with sophisticated mathematic calculations or algorithms that determine each battery’s appropriate recharge requirement. The calculations result in a 100 percent recharging capacity – not the 40 to 70 percent achieved with most chargers.

For further information contact
Jerry Fagan, president, at 800-334-5091
or visit DPI online at www.DPIpower.com