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A few rules for a long battery life! The most common cause of vehicle breakdowns is a discharged 12-volt battery. However, this problem can be avoided with the right care. The battery is heavily loaded, especially in winter. While lighting, seat heating and other consumers have to be supplied with electricity, the cold affects the chemistry. A few rules must be followed here in order to relieve the energy storage.
Switch off unnecessary consumers
After the waste heat from the engine has warmed up the interior, the Heated seats be switched off. the Rear window heating will also be deactivated after the ice is removed. But sometimes that's not enough. So can accessories like ships, Battery charger for the smartphone or a retrofitted one Backup camera / Dashcam be real power guzzlers. After parking, connections to such devices (wenn möglich) must be disconnected, otherwise they will continue to draw current for a long time. Also devices connected directly to the battery such as a marten defense continue to use electricity after parking. Defective lightbulbs or switches are primarily responsible for secret power consumption in older cars. To prevent this, it is advisable to battery disconnect switch under the hood.
Avoid short trips
Short journeys in particular not only damage the engine, but also the battery. The generator (the alternator) in such cases often fails to compensate for the power consumption needed to start the engine, which leads to increasing discharge of the battery. Light, seat heating and radio can increase this deficit even faster. It is therefore advisable to walk short distances from time to time. You should also make sure that you drive longer distances by car from time to time. In this way, the engine can also be properly heated, which increases its service life.
use the charger when standing for longer periods
A battery constantly loses voltage, even if no consumers are connected to it. It can happen that the battery is completely empty at some point, especially when the vehicle is parked for a long time. So if you know that you won't be driving for a long time, you should connect the battery Charger with trickle function connect. If there is no socket available in the garage, the battery can be removed and placed in the apartment / in the basement be connected to a power source.
regular cleaning of the battery and engine compartment
While the exterior of the vehicle receives a lot of care from many drivers and owners, the care of the engine compartment is often neglected. But that should happen from time to time. In this case, the battery should not be neglected and yours Connections and contacts are cleaned. If this is not done regularly, moisture can collect. This promotes leakage currents and thus the slow discharge of the battery.
note symptoms
In most cases, a loss of performance from the battery is announced over days or even weeks. It rarely happens that the battery completely gives up the ghost from one day to the next. Possible symptoms are a reluctance to start the engine or a flickering light. One way to check the battery condition is to turn on the lights with the engine off. If the luminosity decreases after a short time in combination with simple halogen headlights, this is an indication of a decreasing voltage.
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