BETTER PARTSNo empty batteries in the winter
Hair, 9 January 2017
Do you know that? In the garage is still the waste paper from the Christmas gifts piling in and once again must park the car under the lantern on the road? Then you know probably the problem with winter temperatures, cold, empty batteries and all the trouble which then accumulates. We have a few tips for you, as in the winter to get the best from your car battery.
Strenuous process
The problem is as follows: due to the low outdoor temperatures lubricants such as for instance the engine oil are more viscous than usual. Therefore the Starter must spend even more power, the engine in gear. Cold temperatures make in addition to create the battery because the cold slows down the chemical processes inside the batteries. If the car battery is now already no longer the latest and loses power, problems at the start are pre-programmed. But what to do?
Consumers? Off!
It is particularly important once turn off beloved consumer such as heated seats, air conditioning, heated rear window and lights in the winter, until the engine runs. The luxury consumer strain the battery to the highest degree and take much force in claim that is lacking when the motor starts. Short journeys is particularly negative affect on the life of the battery. If it has not enough time after the exhausting startup procedure to recharge itself the battery level drops after at a critical stage. Therefore, for example, the heated rear window, the seat heater or the air conditioning should be switched off or turned down, as soon as the term free and a pleasant temperature is reached.
Battery check
Also, you should develop a sense of whether the battery at milder temperatures has problems to start the car. Then a bigger problem is the winter probably. Can, however, help to hang the battery connected to a charger. Only an Exchange helps to old or deep-discharged batteries. Flagging batteries can be checked in the workshop.
Start help correctly apply
Should nevertheless all else fails one time and you leave the battery in the rain or in the snow, the day can be saved with a jump-start. Important here: Positive and negative do not confuse. First, the two positive poles are connected to the red cable, before the negative pole of the current donor to the black wire on the engine block of the road vehicle is clamped. Then the dispenser starts the motor and then also the engine of the low-energy car can be left on. At the end of the cable must be removed: first black, then red. To charge the battery again, a longer drive at least half an hour is recommended. Get well through the winter! (fg)