Your car battery keeps running down –Tips and information

Your car battery keeps running down 

As a person who has been selling car batteries almost all his working life, they are a thing that I think about every day of the year. It is probably the same about the things that most people do for a job. I realize that the rest of the population only thing they think about to do with a car battery, is when their car won’t start.

The first thing they then think is where I can buy cheap BMW batteries, or a battery for whatever make and model of car that they might own. It is one of those things that haunt you when you first notice that it may let you down. The first sign is usually when the battery is slow to turn your car’s engine over, first thing in the

morning.

You first think that it is only a one off and it will be all right the next time you try to start the car. And if it is later on in the day then the car will probably start first time, because the engine may still be warm and therefore easier to start the car, but the next morning, when the car is cold ,the same happens, the car battery is struggling to start the engine. But just at the last minute, the battery kicks in, and the car starts, Wow that was close?

You decide to look for car battery suppliers 

This is now on your mind, what if I can’t get home tonight? Am I still in the AA? What times are the trains? All these little things start to nag your mind. What if it’s not the battery but a bigger problem, did you leave the lights on? No it must be the battery because I have had the car regularly serviced and it is only five years old, so it must be car battery problems.

At lunch time you were telling a friend of yours about the problem and fortunately for you he always carried a smart battery charger in his cars toolkit. He suggested that you took your battery off the car and tried charging it up until you sourced a new battery; after all, you did not have a clue where to buy a new car battery from. This was a good idea and relieved the worries about getting home.

The smart charger was a Ring automotive charger and the battery was removed, with a little help from your friend and the battery took enough charge to top up the battery. The problem when the car battery keeps dying overnight is that drivers think it was just a blimp and it will be OK the next time. Some drivers keep car battery jump leads in the car boot and are forever jump starting their car. This is not recommended on today’s modern cars because of their intricate electrical systems.

With the car battery charged up your friend advises you of a  good garage to call in at and have a battery check carried out, on your way home that evening. The mechanic who tested the battery, lifted the hood and did a car battery health check. He then used a car battery load tester and soon discovered that there was a faulty cell due the cell bubbling and gassing under load from the tester.

 car battery not holding charge

This dead cell was the reason for the car battery not holding charge. The battery size was a 110, for his particular BMW and the mechanic did not have one in. The guy had remembered what his work friend had said and that we knew where he could buy cheap batteries free shipping. In fact because it was a Tuesday he could get the battery the next day if he ordered that evening. He agreed to leave his car with the mechanic who would fit his new battery when it arrived. He gave the delivery address the same as the mechanics garage, so that when it arrived it could be fitted on the car and all would be well.

Ring Automotive Smart battery charger

His wife picked him up in her Vauxhall Corsa and he left the car at the garage overnight. When he arrived home he was able to buy a car battery next day delivery from a leading battery website and chose a more upmarket battery made by Tungstone batteries. The next day the battery arrived at the garage as promised online and the mechanic fitted it onto his BMW for a small fitting fee. The guys friend picked him up for work and dropped him off at the garage for his car on the way home.

It all ended up a happy situation, but if your car struggles to start, get the battery checked straight away and fit a new one if you are not sure, this guy messed about and dithered costing him stress if nothing else, just over his cars faulty battery.

My name is Eric Roberts

Hi I would like to introduce myself. I have worked in the Garage and tyre and I am MD for online battery company www.batteriesontheweb.co.uk. I have worked for a couple for national tyre companies in my younger days, before starting my first business. I now own a garage and MOT testing centre, here in the UK called Pellon Tyre and Auto-centre, and I am a keen blogger about anything to do with cars and their related products that will help my business. We are members of Point-S and Motor-Codes and are also a Unipart Car Care Centre and of course Tyre-safe.