Life cycle costing for batteries in telecom applications

The economics of a telecom battery system comprises not only the initial cost, but also the cost of installation, maintenance, testing and disposal. In many cases, the initial cost gives a very misleading impression of the total cost of the system during its lifetime. Thus, more and more, in many applications, the total cost of the system over its lifetime, or life cycle cost, needs to be established in order to have a true economic analysis. A computer program, running in MS Windows, has been developed to generate life cycle costing for batteries in general and it has been optimized specifically for the telecom market. The paper describes the general features which are used in the software and gives details and examples of the output possible.