energy over cables 26 while a centralized battery charging power supply 22 is shown it is also contemplated that the present invention may be utilized in other battery charging power supply charging stations systems daisy chain power supply arrangements and the like battery charging cables 26 connect to and provide a battery charging power such as a dc current at an appropriate battery system voltage for the battery systems of lift truck 30 forklift 32 and or other battery powered systems battery charging system 20 can also include a battery module not shown which is carried by and is connected to the battery systems of vehicles 30 32 and the like and provides some control and monitoring to assess battery health and the charging process charging and discharging history and download capability for these parameters to provide fleet operations data battery charging power supply 22 can include a display 34 that may indicate charge level charge time charge voltage and other relevant parameters of the charging process battery charing power supply 22 can also include on off and other controls short circuit ground fault and or other electrical anomaly sensing circuits feedback circuits providing feedback from the sensing circuits to the control circuits and other terminals connectors controls and circuits as are known referring now to fig2 3 and 6 battery charger power supply 22 can include a housing structure with a base 38 sides.