Hot Weather the True Culprit Behind Car-Battery Trouble

[ProAuto]

Recently, a significant number of customers come to ProAuto for changing new batteries.

Here are excerpts from an article explaining why the battery is deteriorated in hot weather.

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Hot Weather the True Culprit Behind Car-Battery Trouble

Summer is the season for major car-battery problems. Heat, not cold, shortens battery life, says the Car Care Council.

Excessive heat and overcharging are the two main reasons for shortened battery life. Heat causes battery fluid to evaporate, this damaging the internal structure of the battery. A malfunctioning component in the charging system, usually the voltage regulator, allows too high a charging rate. That's slow death for a battery.

True, there are more road service calls in cold weather for dead batteries that cause starting failure. That's when a battery's output is diminished because of sluggish electro-chemical action that gives the battery its power. Also, colder temperatures increase thickness of the engine oil, making the engine harder to turn over. These factors lead to harder starting.

To get the most life out of a battery, White suggests the following:

- Be sure the electrical system is charging at the correct rate; overcharging can damage a battery as quickly as undercharging.
- If your battery is the type that needs to be topped off, check it regularly, especially in hot weather. Add distilled water when necessary.
- Always replace a battery with one that”s rated at least as high as the one originally specified.
- Keep the top of the battery clean. Dirt becomes a conductor, which drains battery power. Further, as corrosion accumulates on battery terminals it becomes an insulator, inhibiting current flow.

Source : http://www.carcare.org/

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Edited April 12, 2016 by ProAuto

[pgrahmm]

Recently, a significant number of customers come to ProAuto for changing new batteries.

Here are excerpts from an article explaining why the battery is deteriorated in hot weather.

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Hot Weather the True Culprit Behind Car-Battery Trouble

Summer is the season for major car-battery problems. Heat, not cold, shortens battery life, says the Car Care Council.

Excessive heat and overcharging are the two main reasons for shortened battery life. Heat causes battery fluid to evaporate, this damaging the internal structure of the battery. A malfunctioning component in the charging system, usually the voltage regulator, allows too high a charging rate. That's slow death for a battery.

True, there are more road service calls in cold weather for dead batteries that cause starting failure. That's when a battery's output is diminished because of sluggish electro-chemical action that gives the battery its power. Also, colder temperatures increase thickness of the engine oil, making the engine harder to turn over. These factors lead to harder starting.

To get the most life out of a battery, White suggests the following:

- Be sure the electrical system is charging at the correct rate; overcharging can damage a battery as quickly as undercharging.

- If your battery is the type that needs to be topped off, check it regularly, especially in hot weather. Add distilled water when necessary.

- Always replace a battery with one thats rated at least as high as the one originally specified.

- Keep the top of the battery clean. Dirt becomes a conductor, which drains battery power. Further, as corrosion accumulates on battery terminals it becomes an insulator, inhibiting current flow.

Source : http://www.carcare.org/

About Us : http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/833355-proauto-auto-repair-service-parts-tire-shop-for-foreign-customers-in-chiang-mai/

Yeah - I was one of them.....Happened just after Ton's closing time.... Called Ton - he was willing to come to me but push started & he held the shop open and changed out the battery at the curb.....Thanks Ton (again)....

[Chicog]

We must have special batteries here in the sandpit then.

[khwaibah]

We must have special batteries here in the sandpit then.

Don't know what sand pit your in but the two that I have been in 2 years and thats it. BTW that includes Chiang Mai. Batteries made and sold in Asia are the shyts and that includes a new auto sold in Thailand.

[worgeordie]

Checking water levels in the battery,plus checking the engine oil,

should be done regularly,I check mine every week,just takes a few

minutes,is not rocket science,bottle distilled water 20 THB,I have

had truck batteries last as long as 7 years,just with regular maintenance,

while went through 2 of those dry batteries in a Honda Jazz in under

3 years.now replaced with wet battery.

If you want things to last,anything mechanical,you need to maintain them.

regards Worgeordie

[Chicog]

We must have special batteries here in the sandpit then.

Don't know what sand pit your in but the two that I have been in 2 years and thats it. BTW that includes Chiang Mai. Batteries made and sold in Asia are the shyts and that includes a new auto sold in Thailand.

The sandpit with all the oil and Arabs.

It gets very, very hot here, far hotter than Thailand, and my batteries generally last about three years.

[khwaibah]

We must have special batteries here in the sandpit then.

Don't know what sand pit your in but the two that I have been in 2 years and thats it. BTW that includes Chiang Mai. Batteries made and sold in Asia are the shyts and that includes a new auto sold in Thailand.

The sandpit with all the oil and Arabs.

It gets very, very hot here, far hotter than Thailand, and my batteries generally last about three years.

So was I. All I could get was 2 years, I got 2 years 4 months once. Here in Thailand with proper maintenance 2 years is it.

[taotoo]

Am I imagining it or since I started depressing the clutch when starting the engine am I getting much better battery life?