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How to Care For Your Car Battery
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sleepingbeauty
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Sep 12, 2007, 7:56 AM
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How to Care For Your Car Battery
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Hi Everybody,
Car battery maintenance is an easy task and one that should be performed on an annual basis. If you keep your battery properly maintained, you will extend its life and greatly reduce the chance that your battery will fail you at an inopportune time.
Not only Winter season that can be hard on your car battery, Summer is also a difficult time for your car battery. Excessive heat can cause the battery fluid to evaporate and lead to battery failure. Also Excessive heat can reduce battery life at a greater rate than extreme cold weather.
Battery maintenance isn’t difficult to do, so let’s take a look at what you can do to keep your car running.
* Keep your engine well maintained. A well-tuned engine is easier to start and drains less power from the battery.
* Do not let your battery run low or run out of water as the battery’s cells can be ruined. Check the water level every couple of months. It should be just touching the bottom of the refill hole. Refill the battery, when needed, with distilled water.
* Metallic objects should not be placed on top of the battery as this may cause the battery to short. Flames and sparks should be kept at distance. Automotive batteries discharge hydrogen gas, which is easily ignited when, mixed with oxygen.
* If you're concerned about the 'health' of your battery have a battery load test performed. This will help to determine if you need to get a new battery. It's better to find out before it's too late.
* From time to time Disconnect the cables from the battery and clean them with a wire brush and clean off the top of the battery; use a small and clean paint brush to apply the solution where needed.
Please make sure that your battery is, in fact, the sealed type. Check its age when you are purchasing – we are calling for all car batteries to be marked with the date of manufacture, and preferably a "sell-by" date and keep in mind that Batteries have two main ratings: Cold Cranking Amps (CCA) and Reserve Capacity (RC). When replacing your battery make sure you buy a battery with at least the same CCA and RC ratings as the original battery. The ratings can be found in your owner’s manual and/or on the side of the battery.
Sleepingbeauty 
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