Some tips can help you to save your battery ! Help yourself!
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| Save your battery |
My family and I bought our first car in Nov of 1989, and since then, we've either owned or driven several other vehicles, both gasoline-powered as well as diesel-powered. What I'm going to share works for all.
When you have finished driving for the day. and please write this points to modern batteries as well as to those which are not so modern , don't just switch off the ignition and lock up the vehicle ! With the engine running , turn off all the lights, radio and any other electrical devices inside : accelerate the engine to a "fast idle" speed which is just above its normal idle speed, but do not race it. continue the engine running at this brisk idle for about 60s , then release the accelerator and turn off the ignition.
I have found that this significantly improves the state of the battery while it is resting and gives you a quicker start the next day. Of course, do not neglect to check your battery cells periodically to ensure that the "plates" are covered with electrolyte, unless it is a maintenance-free battery. If necessary, buy a bottle of "Battery Life" or use any other brand of distilled water, which is often available cheaply from most gas stations, and softly add it to each cell until the plates are just covered. Do not overfill .
I'm currently experimenting with a friend's car which has a maintenance-free battery, and so far, that one minute of fast idling leaves it at a high charge... between 12.97 and 13.25 volts when I check next day.
I wish this little things will help you greatly to save your battery. Feel free to leave comments or questions. I'll welcome your feedback here on the site. I hope to also give some other timely tips if my life is spared, not only on cars, but on other areas of interest to me, and which may also be of help to you who will be following my tips. I'm a customer-centric type of person and always try to make sure that others benefit as well.
You may also visit another site I sometimes use for recreation. This one is not about cars but you may find it entertaining and relaxing: it is called Eager Zebra Games, and you may easily reach it when you visit the main TripleClicks site listed below.
Happy motoring, everyone!

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