Check battery health with Ring’s new analyser
Ring’s new battery analyser (RBAG950) is designed to provide a complete health check of the battery and electrical systems in both 12V and 24V vehicles, including motorcycles, cars and vans.
Ring’s new battery analyser (RBAG950) is designed to provide a complete health check of the battery and electrical systems in both 12V and 24V vehicles, including motorcycles, cars and vans.
Ring has partnered with TyreSafe and the West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue service to conduct tyre pressure and tyre tread depth checks, with what the company describes as “concerning results”. To raise awareness of tyre safety, Tyre Safe has organised a several trial events throughout the UK alongside various Fire Services in West Yorkshire, automotive accessories giant, Ring is working alongside the West Yorkshire Fire Service checking tyres. In West Yorkshire, the Fire and Rescue Service has been hosting regular car washes for a charitable donation, while Ring checks the tyres of the vehicles that come through.
Lighting specialist, Osram and its subsidiary, auto accessory giant Ring, has revealed its support of the NAPA racing team for British Touring Car Championship (BTCC). This year, reigning BTCC champions, NAPA Racing, is welcoming new sponsors into this coming season, two of which are Ring Automotive, with its logo prominently displayed on the rear wheel arches of Sam Osbourne’s car, and its parent company, Osram, with its logo on the front of the car under both headlights of Dan Rowbottom’s car.
Ring has introduced its most advanced jumpstarters to date with the Ultraboost range. These latest additions to its compact Lithium JumpStarter range have an exciting new feature, the Ultraboost button, which when pressed delivers enough power to start completely flat batteries, as low as 0.7 of a volt. The jumpstarters in this offering also have a unique design created and engineered by the team at Ring that sees the charging leads connect on the end, not out of the side like most others in the market, creating a seamless design. There are three models in this range, all differing in power and capabilities. The RJS030 is Ring’s most advanced jumpstarter, the Ultraboost 1500A is capable of jumpstarting vehicles with up to 6L petrol and 3L diesel engines, which means it’s suitable for most 12V cars, vans, SUVs and LCVs.
Ring, the automotive lighting and auto electrics supplier, has a state of the art lighting laboratory located at its headquarters in Leeds, UK, and while testing a range of bulbs in the industry has found worrying results, including bulbs that are not road legal. The laboratory team does not only test Ring and OSRAM’s own products, but also products from other automotive lighting companies to see how the quality compares and if it meets the legal standards. Recently, the company has found some worrying trends that there are bulbs being sold in the UK that are not compliant with current legislation and are therefore, not road legal.
Premium quality automotive lighting and auto electrics supplier, Ring, is starting its 50th birthday year off with a flurry of activities, the first of which is the launch of a brand new product for the market. While the RPPL1000 jumpstarter for 12V systems has only been on the market for six months, Ring has introduced the RPPL3000 to accommodate 12V and 24V systems, so that technicians can have an even greater range of options.
Premium quality automotive lighting and auto electrics supplier, Ring, has been selected as a finalist for the IAAF Pride of Aftermarket Product of the Year Awards 2023, with its cordless tyre inflator that was launched earlier this year as the nominated product.
To raise money for Cancer Research’s Business Beats Cancer, a charity very important to many people at Ring, the team has decided to brave the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge on 14 September. More than 15 team members at Ring are taking part in the Three Peaks challenge in Yorkshire, which will see them climb the peaks of Pen-y-Ghent (694 metres), Whernside (736 metres) and Ingleborough (723 metres), all of which need to be completed within 12 hours. Overall, the challenge will see the team take on 40km of walking and 5,200ft of ascent.
Ring Automotive has partnered with TMD Friction UK to support with the training of technicians at the braking specialist’s new state-of-the-art facility. Personnel attending the research and development facility in Seaton Ross, East Yorkshire, will be equipped with Ring’s market leading MAGflex inspection lamps and high-performance lithium jump starters and battery analysers.
Ring Automotive’s 12V tyre inflators have received plaudits in the latest product tests in Auto Express, with Ring’s RTC1000 being awarded the title’s Best Buy title and the RTC450 a recommended status.
Ring Automotive has launched a rechargeable underbonnet inspection lamp, providing 1200 lumen brightness (60 per cent brighter than its predecessor).
Ring Automotive has launched the SmartCharge Pro, a versatile, 30A battery charger suitable for intensive use across mixed vehicle fleets. The 2.6 kilogram, 12/24V-output compatible power supply rapidly recharges with variable rates of five, 10, 20 and 30 amps, allowing technicians to charge batteries quickly.
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