A power supply device includes battery equipment and voltage detecting
circuitry. The battery equipment includes positive-side and negative-side
battery blocks that are connected to each other at a reference midpoint.
The voltage detecting circuitry detects the respective voltage values of
serially-connected battery modules of the battery equipment. The voltage
detecting circuitry includes positive-side and negative side voltage
management ICs with respect to the reference midpoint. The positive-side
and negative side voltage management ICs manage the voltage conditions of
the battery modules in the positive-side and negative-side battery
blocks, respectively. Positive-side and negative-side voltage power lines
of each of the positive-side and negative side voltage management ICs are
connected to positive-side and negative-side output terminals of the
battery equipment so that all the battery modules supply electric power
to each of the voltage management ICs. The voltage management ICs have a
common ground line.