Diagnosing A Car Battery Problem

Tips and suggestions:

A Car Battery:

A car battery is a physical reserve of energy .

It will die quicker for the things like disuse, corrosion

and faulty connections.

It needs very large amount of power to turn over an engine

and start a car.

Types of Car

Battery Problems:

Types

Corrosion

DisuseAlternator

problems

1. Faulty Connections

Sometimes the screws or bolts which connect

the ports to the cables can become loose and the

whole connection fails and ultimately the battery

will be completely dead because no power will be

going from the battery to the starter.

2. Corrosion

Sometimes that screws or bolts which connect

the ports to the cables can develop a corroded

Connection which will made the whole connection weaker

and therefore it becomes harder for power to transfer from

battery to the starter.

3. Disuse

Letting a car sit idle for a while without using it for

at least 2 weeks or more will cause loss of power that it can

no longer start your engine .

4. Alternator Problems

If the alternator of the car is going bad , then it

will be no longer be able to charge the battery as

a result after driving for some distance the car

will die and then the battery won’t restart the car.

1st Sign

Engine cranks, no start

2nd Sign

No lights , no start, no cranking

3rd Sign

One minute it starts fine , then Next it won’t

4th Sign

Difficulty with cold cranking

5th Sign

You have Jumped the battery a lot

JUMP- Starting a new car battery

Follow these steps :

Hook up one end of the positive cable

[ RED] to the positive [+] terminal on

the [rescue] car's battery, and the

other end to the positive [+] terminal to

the positive terminal to the dead

battery. Bear in mind the positive

terminal is RED.

STEP-1

Hook up the negative cable [-] BLACK

to the negative [-] terminal on the

rescue car's battery, and the other end

to a non-moving, grounded part of to

the unresponsive car's motor

compartment.

STEP-2

Make sure e-break is applied on both

vehicles and the transmission is in

park [automatic] and neutral

[standard transmission]. Start the

rescue automobile and permit it to idle

for a couple of minutes.

STEP-3

Once the battery starts up, allow it to

run for 5 full minutes so its alternator

can boost the battery. Unhook the

jumper cables from both cars in the

Opposed order. Be sure that you do not

permit any of the open jumper cable end

to link with, as they can build a spark.

STEP-4

Some Preventive Tips for extending your auto battery life :

Maintenance

of the battery

Usage of

the car

Change in

Weather

A sudden change in weather may affect

your car battery.

Numerous people get the vehicle from a

particular site and suddenly move to a

different site which is largely Different in

weather.

Overusing a car battery will shorten the

lifespan of your car battery .

So keep in mind that your head lights,

stereos are off when you are parking it.

Do not keep your Ac on

for long hours.

When you are taking your car for

servicing make sure that the mechanics

checks your battery .

The battery cables and the terminals

must be cleaned as well as maintained too.

First choose the group size

Decide on cold cranking amps

Decide on reserve capacity

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