A national cleaning company was operating a large fleet of commercial floor scrubbers across multiple facilities. These machines were required to work long hours, often across multiple shifts, making reliable battery performance essential to daily operations.
The fleet traditionally relied on lead-acid batteries. Although familiar and widely available, the batteries created several operational challenges, including long charging times, frequent replacements, regular maintenance, and inconsistent power output during extended use.
The cleaning fleet needed a more dependable energy solution that could support intensive daily operation while reducing long-term battery costs.
The main challenges included:
High battery replacement frequency
Extended charging periods
Regular watering and maintenance requirements
Voltage drop as the battery discharged
Equipment downtime between shifts
Rising total cost of ownership
For a large commercial cleaning operation, these issues directly affected productivity. Any delay in charging or battery replacement could reduce equipment availability and increase labor costs.
Surlon Power designed a customized LiFePO4 lithium battery solution for the company’s floor scrubber fleet.
The batteries were developed to meet the machines’ voltage, capacity, installation, and high-current requirements. Surlon Power’s floor scrubber batteries are designed to provide stable voltage output, vibration resistance, thermal regulation, and safe opportunity charging for demanding industrial environments.
The solution also incorporated battery management system technology to help monitor cell performance and provide protection against conditions such as overvoltage, undervoltage, overcurrent, overheating, and short circuits.
Compared with conventional lead-acid batteries, the LiFePO4 solution offered several practical advantages:
Longer service life
Faster and more flexible charging
Stable power delivery throughout operation
Reduced maintenance requirements
Lower battery weight
Improved suitability for multi-shift operations
Surlon Power offers floor scrubber battery configurations including 24V models with capacities ranging from 72Ah to 410Ah, allowing the battery system to be matched to different equipment models and operating requirements. View Surlon Power’s floor scrubber battery solutions.
The battery replacement was carried out as a retrofit solution, allowing the cleaning company to upgrade its existing equipment without replacing the entire floor scrubber fleet.
Surlon Power’s engineering team evaluated the equipment requirements and selected suitable battery specifications for the machines. The customized approach helped ensure compatibility with the existing electrical system, charger requirements, battery compartment, and daily operating schedule.
The new lithium batteries enabled the fleet to use opportunity charging during operational breaks. This helped reduce downtime and made it easier for the company to keep machines available throughout the working day.
Following the transition to Surlon Power LiFePO4 batteries, the cleaning company achieved a reported 68% reduction in battery-related costs.
The improvement was driven by a combination of factors:
Fewer battery replacements
Lower maintenance requirements
Reduced equipment downtime
Improved charging flexibility
Longer battery service life
More consistent machine performance
The upgrade also simplified daily fleet management. Operators no longer needed to perform the same level of routine maintenance associated with lead-acid batteries, while facility managers gained a more predictable battery replacement cycle.
For high-utilization cleaning fleets, the purchase price of a battery is only one part of the total cost. Maintenance, charging time, labor, replacement frequency, downtime, and equipment productivity all contribute to the final operating cost.
By switching to customized LiFePO4 batteries, the company was able to improve equipment availability while reducing its overall battery expenditure. The project demonstrates how lithium battery technology can deliver measurable financial benefits in commercial cleaning applications.
This case highlights the value of selecting a battery solution based on the complete operating environment—not simply the initial purchase price.
With customized engineering, intelligent battery protection, stable output, and flexible charging capabilities, Surlon Power LiFePO4 batteries helped a national cleaning fleet reduce battery costs by 68% and improve the reliability of its floor-cleaning operations.
For companies operating floor scrubbers, industrial cleaning machines, golf carts, lighting systems, or other electric equipment, Surlon Power provides customized lithium battery packs designed around specific application requirements.
Learn more at SurlonPower.com.
