The importance of the electric battery needs no further explanation, right? On the one hand, it starts the vehicle; on the other hand, it converts the alternator alternating current into stable direct current during the driving process to supply the car’s electrical appliances, such as stereo, headlights, wipers, etc.
Day travel 80,000 miles will always lose some “electricity.” Battery loss is a problem that car owners often encounter. If the battery is suddenly dead, how to start the vehicle?
Some people say that looking for a car to traction starts, but there are cars, so it is better to “borrow some electricity”!
How to give a car a power start?
Put it bluntly, it is to find a car with a charged battery as the “power car” to charge the “dead car.”
1: First, the two cars will be close together until the jumper cable is sufficient to connect the positive and negative terminals of the two batteries, and the two cars are not in contact. If the “power car” installation location is not convenient for direct jumpering (such as the Audi A5 battery location is very special), you must use tools to remove the battery.
2: Use the cable to connect the positive pole to the positive pole and the negative pole to the negative pole of the two cars, respectively. Pay attention to the positive and negative poles of the battery must not be wrong; the mistake may lead to the battery’s two defeats.
3: Close all the attached electrical equipment on the car, start the “power car” so that its engine runs for a few minutes to ensure that the power is sufficient.
4: Start the “dead car” in the usual way. After starting, you should lightly press the accelerator pedal to make the engine run at 2000r/min for a few minutes. Then turn off the ignition switch of both cars, carefully remove the cables, taking care to avoid touching the positive and negative cable connectors.
As soon as the car starts up, the generator will charge the battery, and then you can go for a ride again.
A car with an emergency power supply can also be prepared for emergencies. Emergency power is portable mobile power, similar to the cell phone charging the battery, just like the cell phone can not be separated from the mobile power, the same car can not be separated from the emergency power, especially when driving tours, long-distance running, in case of the battery strike, it is a savior!
Battery maintenance:
Clean regularly
Use a damp cloth to scrub the outside of the battery, the panel, pile head (i.e., positive and negative connectors) of the dust, oil, white powder, and other dirt prone to leakage wipe clean, and thus extend the service life.
(TIPS: 1, use a towel dipped in some hot water directly wipe, wipe good after applying some butter to prevent oxidation; 2, use fine sandpaper to wear off the oxide, wipe clean with a towel to apply some butter to prevent oxidation;)
Do not develop these five habits.
1. Do not turn off the fire to listen to high-powered audio
A high-powered stereo, playing music when the vehicle is off, will bring a very high electrical load on the battery.
2. Do not start frequently
Do not start the engine for more than 3 seconds each time. Repeatedly and continuously start will also cause excessive battery discharge and damage.
3. Don’t forget to turn off the air conditioner
Most car owners are used to not turn off the air conditioner so that the next time the air conditioner is turned on automatically with the start of the vehicle, which will directly lead to the vehicle instantaneous power load is too high, a long time so for the battery is a loss.
4. Do not park for a long time
The battery is in the vehicle’s normal driving through the generator for charging, and the vehicle is parked for a long time. There is a car with its own alarm. The same will also consume the power in the battery.
Therefore, if the vehicle needs to be parked for a long time, it is best to start the vehicle every other week, start time of 5 minutes or more for battery charging.
5. Don’t forget to turn off the car headlights and reading lights in the car
After you parking and turning off the car and not turning off the interior lights or car headlights, overnight can completely deplete the battery power, failing to start the car. (Please ignore the automatic headlights).
How often should I change the battery?
Of course, the battery is well maintained, to the life of the replacement or have to change, do not give up.
Generally speaking, the life of the car battery is 2 to 3 years, properly maintained new car original battery life can be extended to 3 to 5 years, when you drive to find their lights began to darken, start the car can not be a success and other signals, then it is your battery in an emergency.
In addition, you can simply judge through the observation hole. The round hole on the left side of the positive pole of the battery is the observation hole. When the color of the observation hole becomes black, it is the battery that should be replaced. (Of course, many batteries do not have observation holes anymore)
If you have a car battery tester, such as Autool BT860, it can meet almost all of your battery testing functions such as battery test, load test, charge test, etc. It can also review data, monitor battery temperature, print test results, have multiple languages to choose from, and support most car battery tests. After starting the engine, use BT860 to measure the voltage of both battery poles, if you find that the charging voltage is too low, you need to ask a professional to overhaul the charging system.