Kabati ya batire ndi kabati yopangidwa kuti isunge mabatire. Ntchito yake yayikulu ndikupereka malo otetezeka komanso okhazikika a mabatire, kuonetsetsa kuti akugwira ntchito kwambiri ndikuwonjezera moyo wawo wautumiki. Makabati a batri amagwiritsidwa ntchito pazinthu zosiyanasiyana, kuphatikizapo koma osati kokha ku machitidwe a mphamvu, njira zoyankhulirana, malo opangira deta, ndi zipangizo zosiyanasiyana zamakampani.
Makabati a mabatire ndi ofunikira kwambiri pamakina amagetsi monga ma substation. Nthawi zambiri amagwiritsidwa ntchito limodzi ndi AC uninterruptible power supply (UPS) kapena magetsi a DC kuti apereke mphamvu zosunga zobwezeretsera pazida zofunika kwambiri monga zida zowongolera, zida zodzitetezera, ndi zida zamagetsi. Pakachitika kulephera kwakukulu kwa mphamvu, mabatire mu kabati ya batri amatha kutengapo mwachangu, kuonetsetsa kukhazikika ndi kudalirika kwa dongosolo lamagetsi.