The Right Car Battery Care Guide

by Metthew Short Auto Save MOT Centre

If you are a car owner, it won’t be right to leave everything in the hands of a professional and do nothing by yourself. We are not asking you to be a technician and start doing everything. At least you can take care of your car’s battery, can you? Your Car Battery Luton plays a very important role in handling your car’s mechanisms, and it must be maintained well. Therefore, what can be done is clearly stated below.

Simple Car Battery Care

To make sure it runs smoothly and has a prolonged battery life, these “rights” below will help you with good battery maintenance.

The Right Cleaning

The first part is to understand the battery. The positive side is where the red cap is. Now, you always have to disconnect the negative side first. After disconnecting, you start with the cleaning part. The right approach is to make a 1:1 formula of water and baking soda. Now, with a brush dipped in the same solution, clean the battery terminals by scrubbing them gently. After this part, clean the battery with a wet rug, and you are done.

Cleaning is a crucial part of maintaining the car’s battery. Therefore, you should know what the right approach is.

The Right Coating

Cleaning is not always enough. To make sure the battery is safe from further corrosion, use a terminal spray to coat the terminals. Here comes the right approach.

The spray bottle must be held 10 cm away from the terminal. Keep spraying until you see that the terminals are well-coated. Repeat the same for every terminal, and it will be safe from further corrosion for a good period of time.

Pro Tip: You may find many products on the market. It’s highly recommended to buy the one specifically meant for battery terminals.

The Right Hold

If you are not aware, let us inform you that there’s a hold-down bar in the battery system that keeps the battery stable during vibrations. Excess vibration can damage the battery. So, the right hold is crucial. How?

From time to time, make sure to test the battery hold-down. When you open the hood, shake the battery and analyze what’s happening. If the battery shakes and moves, it’s not tight enough to protect it fully. You need to tighten it by locating the bolts responsible for the mechanism and fixing it there and then. If you find it’s damaged, replace or repair it to prevent any further damage.

The Right Protection

Too much cold for a battery is harmful. If you live in an area that’s cold or it’s winter months, you must get your hands on a battery heater and wrap the battery with the same to provide it with the warmth it needs to be safe during winter weather. These winter wraps work like a warm jacket, providing safety from the cold.

Now, there are two kinds of these wraps available. First is an insulated fabric that costs less and is also not that effective. The next is the rubber wrapping which works better. Go with the latter one for the best results.

The Right Liquid

One of the most important parts of a car’s battery is the liquid flowing inside it. The liquid level should be right to take care of the battery. For that, have a look at it and judge if the liquid inside the batter covers the battery plates or not. If not, you are in trouble. Take distilled water and make it reach the right point, that is, up until the battery plates. Also, before you are done with it, make sure to wipe clean the area so water doesn’t affect the other parts.

You should be checking the same every 6 months for the best results. Also, it’s highly recommended to use distilled water because tap water can have minerals, which won’t make a good combination.

The Right Battery

When you know it’s finally the right time to replace the battery, replace it with one that’s less than a month old. Getting a brand-new one is the best idea because a used one probably doesn’t last long. Check for it thoroughly, and only then let it get installed.

The Right Battery Charge

When the car is inactive, make it a point to check and switch off all appliances.

Even if not required, drive the car some distance to keep the battery charged, especially during the winter.

The ideal voltage of a car’s battery is 12.6 volts.

Now that you are very well aware of what’s the right way to handle your car’s battery, you are also clear on one MOT Luton element that won’t give a failed MOT tag. You can be free from your battery’s end because you have been taking good care of it if you follow everything stated above. The battery is an important part and you must take good care of it.