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Battery maintenance checklist
For people maintaining stationary battery systems. Record equipment and work, battery scope and condition and readings. Try the form below, see every question or download a blank PDF or Word copy.
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What hazards matter during battery maintenance?
HSE’s storage-battery guidance identifies electrical, chemical and explosion hazards. Use suitable ventilation, precautions against ignition and short circuits, and the manufacturer’s safe maintenance procedure.
Last updated . Facts checked by the SiteSurvey team on 6 October 2026 against HSE using electric storage batteries safely and HSE maintaining electrical equipment safety.
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A stationary lead-acid battery maintenance record covering bank identity, ventilation, visible condition, approved readings, defects and handback limits. 6 sections and 45 questions. Follow-up questions and guidance appear only when an answer calls for them, so the person on site never sees the ones that do not apply.
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Add this form to a project in SiteSurvey and it fills in what the project already knows, so nobody on site retypes it and every form on the job uses the same names. Anything filled in can still be changed.
- Project: the project name
- Site or premises address: the site address, from the space or the project
- Client or organisation: the project's customer
- Manufacturer, model and serial number: the product's model
Record details and scope
- ProjectShort answer
Filled in from the project in SiteSurvey.
Fills in from the project name - Site or premises addressShort answerFills in from the site address, from the space or the project
- Client or organisationShort answerFills in from the project's customer
- Record date*Date
- Person completing the record*Short answer
- CheckThis is scoped to stationary lead-acid battery banks. It is not an EV or lithium-ion battery checklist, repair instruction or authorisation to open sealed batteries.
- CheckHSE’s storage-battery guidance identifies electrical, chemical and explosion hazards. Use suitable ventilation, precautions against ignition and short circuits, and the manufacturer’s safe maintenance procedure.
Equipment and work
- Stationary battery bank asset ID and location*Short answer
- Manufacturer, model and serial number*Short answerFills in from the product's model
- Scan the data plateScan a label: serial number, model number, asset number
Optional. Scan the label or data plate to capture the serial and other numbers.
- Maintenance procedure and revision*Short answer
- Technician and competence reference*Short answer
- Planned work and exclusions*Notes
- Safe isolation or permit reference*Short answer
Battery scope
- Battery chemistry*Choose one
Confirm the installed chemistry and instruction before choosing checks. Record uncertainty and refer it rather than assuming a familiar battery type.
- Lead-acid
- Other
- Unknown
- CheckIf the battery is not confirmed lead-acid, stop this checklist and use an appropriate specialist procedure.Shown only when the answers above make it relevant
- Bank configuration, cell or block count and nominal voltageShort answer
- Charger ID and set-point referenceShort answer
Condition and readings
- Ventilation and access arrangements checked*Choose one
- Acceptable
- Action needed
- Not checked
- Not applicable
- Action, limitation or reason not applicable*NotesShown only when the answers above make it relevant
- Cases, terminals and racks visually checked*Choose one
- Acceptable
- Action needed
- Not checked
- Not applicable
- Action, limitation or reason not applicable*NotesShown only when the answers above make it relevant
- Leakage, corrosion, swelling or abnormal heat recorded*Choose one
- Acceptable
- Action needed
- Not checked
- Not applicable
- Action, limitation or reason not applicable*NotesShown only when the answers above make it relevant
- Labels and protective covers checked*Choose one
- Acceptable
- Action needed
- Not checked
- Not applicable
- Action, limitation or reason not applicable*NotesShown only when the answers above make it relevant
- Cell or bank readingRepeat for each cell or bank reading. Each one asks:
- Measurement point and parameter*Short answer
- Actual value and unit*Short answer
- Acceptance range and source*Short answer
- Instrument ID and calibration referenceShort answer
- Assessment*Choose one
- Within criterion
- Outside criterion
- Unable to assess
- Response to exception*NotesShown only when the answers above make it relevant
Work and handback
- Work performed and parts usedNotes
- Post-work tests and evidenceNotes
- Equipment handback*Choose one
- Available within recorded limits
- Restricted use
- Out of service
- Restrictions, isolation and person informed*NotesShown only when the answers above make it relevant
- Condition and work evidence photosPhotos
Actions and review
- Are further actions required?*Choose one
- Yes
- No
- Further actionRepeat for each further action. Each one asks:Shown when “Are further actions required?” is “Yes”
- Action and evidence reference*Notes
- Person responsible*Short answer
- Target dateDate
- Action status*Choose one
- Open
- In progress
- Completed
- Completion evidence*NotesShown when “Action status” is “Completed”
- Outstanding limitations and information to pass onNotes
- Record status*Choose one
- Ready for review
- Further work needed
- Work or use stopped
- Reviewed byShort answer
- Review dateDate
- Author signature*Signature
- CheckSigning records the information entered. It does not itself certify legal compliance, remove a limitation or authorise unsafe work.
Scope and responsibility
This is scoped to stationary lead-acid battery banks. It is not an EV or lithium-ion battery checklist, repair instruction or authorisation to open sealed batteries.
What a useful entry looks like
Battery chemistry
Confirm the installed chemistry and instruction before choosing checks. Record uncertainty and refer it rather than assuming a familiar battery type.
Installed battery label and system manual referenced as evidence of chemistry. Any conflicting identification is referred before maintenance proceeds.
Fictional example of record wording. Use the actual evidence and approved arrangements for your job; this is not a completed report or an instruction to carry out the work.
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A completed stationary battery maintenance report, made by SiteSurvey from a fictional site visit: every answer, the photos, the guidance that applied and the sign-off, ready to send as a PDF.
Stationary Battery Maintenance FAQs
How should I record “Battery chemistry”?
Confirm the installed chemistry and instruction before choosing checks. Record uncertainty and refer it rather than assuming a familiar battery type.
Can it be used for lithium-ion storage?
No. The scope is stationary lead-acid banks. Other chemistries need their own hazard controls and procedures.
Does it tell me to top up batteries?
No. Only perform work specified for that battery type by its manufacturer; sealed batteries must not be treated as flooded cells.
Are voltage limits supplied?
No. Enter the bank-specific criterion, measured value, unit and instrument reference.
What are the limits of this template?
This is scoped to stationary lead-acid battery banks. It is not an EV or lithium-ion battery checklist, repair instruction or authorisation to open sealed batteries.
Can I complete this form on site and share the record?
In the SiteSurvey app the form works offline, with photos and signatures recorded against the questions. Share the completed record as a PDF or a link. Dates and action owners are recorded fields; this form does not send reminders or update other systems.
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