Car Battery Reconditioning – 10 Tips to Increase Its Life
In this article I lay out 10 tips for car battery reconditioning, in order to reduce its running cost by properly maintaining lead acid batteries. Statistically, a standard car will need battery replacement every two years, so by taking good care of its battery you can increase that.
So, here are the 10 tips for car battery reconditioning and maintenance:
1) Make maintenance a routine. To maintain the battery’s state of charge, you need to charge and recharge the battery often.
2) The depth of battery discharge must be reduced to avoid worn out.
3) Do not overcharge battery. It may result in power loss.
4) When your battery reaches at 80% state of charge, you need to recharge it so as to prevent it from sulfation, a process of getting crystals in the metal plates within the battery, thus decreasing power.
5) If possible, its best to use a switch to disconnect it from other car appliances that suck energy, HOWEVER, this may result in resetting the car’s clock and other issues that depend on the battery – consult with a certified technician FIRST.
6) 10.5 V is the limit for allowing it to be discharged. No less than that.
7) Pour water in the battery after charging, not before!
Do not overheat the battery – I can’t stress this enough.
9) While charging place the vent caps on battery to prevent water loss from gassing.
10) And being a friendly guy to the environment, please recycle the lead and plastic or batteries!
Adam is an expert in auto battery reconditioning, as well as in many other projects of Do It Yourself (DIY). Adam has found a profitable new market trend, the ever increasing demand of portable equipment that require batteries and started exploring it creating for him an remarkable opportunity.
Get more information now on this hot topic, by reading a full review of the car battery reconditioning at http://www.squidoo.com/batteryreconditioning
