When you need to change the battery in the car

Hello dear subscribers and visitors of my channel! This material I want to start a folk wisdom: the thunder breaks out, peasant will not cross. This wisdom touched me, when in the morning, going to the garage to make your car and go to work, I could not do, and all because the battery has died.

Let's discuss in this article how to avoid such an unpleasant situation, and how to understand that it is time to replace the battery.

Signs of an early exit from the battery system

Note. In my case, the battery has served faithfully for 5.5 years, are maintenance-free and, therefore, only "trained" using a smart charger.

The first sign that the battery is about to say, "I'm tired and go to bed!" - This difficulty starting the engine after a minor downtime. For example, you cut the engine in the morning and in the evening the engine is started "in tension".

Follows a clear sign of "diseased" batteries are disruptions of different consumers in the car, for example, when starting the engine you goes out radio.

The same alarm bell is not immediately extinguished the battery indicator on your dashboard.

Look at the battery itself and pay attention to the terminals. If they have obvious signs of oxidation, it is also said that occur inside the battery degradation processes such as electrolyte and plates.

Battery became rapidly charged and discharged. It also points to a significant reduction of the original battery capacity.

And the most concrete sign - the car just will not start

Specifically in my case were two symptoms, which to my shame, I ignored, namely:

During engine start rotten player, it became a little longer to burn a check and when I once again examined the battery and relied on this indicator.

Who allegedly said: "All is well with your battery, you can not worry about." I noticed a small plaque oxides at the terminals, which I just scraped.

Note. Once again, I have not served the battery and check the density of the electrolyte refilling or perform distilled water, to check and condition the electrolyte chromaticity plates to determine the degree of sulfation was not physical ability.

Guaranteed lifetime of the battery

Depending on the types of batteries you can leave the following list:

- Hybrid variant (in alloying additive package together with calcium have the same silver) with unfettered access to banks (Sb / Ca) - 5 to 6 years.

- A similar hybrid, but with the plates enmeshed special envelopes (electrolyte preventing contamination of fractions crumbled with plates) (EFB) - 6 to 7 years.

- The same hybrid modification, but with absorbed electrolyte (AMG) - from 8 to 10 years.

- Refined version AMG (TPPL - completely free of calcium impurities in the active mass) - from 10 to 12 years.

Important. The above figures are only relevant in the case of a careful and proper care of the battery in the first days of operation.

And what do we say GOST

Unfortunately, the current GOST R 53165 - 2008 You will not find a single line about the manufacturer's warranty in contrast to the old (now is not the incumbent) Standard 959 - 2002, where black and white that it was spelled out that in the case of the battery warranty serviced version was 1.5 years or as 60 thousand. km. path (or 2500 hours).

In the embodiment version with unattended warranty 2 years after installation or 75 thousand. km or all the same 2 500 hours.

How to maximize battery life

Agree to change the battery every two years, despite the fact that he is a kind of consumables, no desire. So let's learn a few simple rules that are quite capable of significantly extend the life of the main vehicle battery.

1. In case the served variants follow the level of electrolyte in the banks. After all, if the level drops, the naked plate. The part that is above the electrolyte level simply will not participate in the work and will be summarily subjected to sulfation. In addition to this decrease capacity, the battery will begin to lose charge and charge faster.

By the way, the problem of reducing the level of electrolyte in the same applies to the maintenance-free batteries.

2. Try to prevent voltage reduction to the level of 10.8 volts and below, respectively. Indeed, the lower the charge, the lower the density, which accelerates the sulfation plates. In addition, note that the electrolyte with a low density freezes already at a small cold, but it is very poorly tolerate the battery.

3. Be sure to spend desulfatation (spend recovery tank) once a year (not more). Yes, it is a complicated process and it consists of a cascade of charge cycles - discharge. This process is impossible without special charging function desulfation. But if you do not neglect this, the battery will last much longer.

Proper use - key to success

It turns out that, following all of the above rules and timely response to certain symptoms, you will not only maximize the life of the battery operation, but will be spared from unpleasant surprises.

In the end, I bought an accepted option, because I want to have full access to the care and control. What do you think about this and how to prolong "life" of the battery and serve? Tell us in the comments. Let's share the experience.

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