If you think that the fastest battery in a car is “dead” due to parking lights coming on while parking, a voice-activated audio system or an alarm system, then you are wrong. There are many more “bad” consumers of energy in the car, which immediately “devour” the battery charge. With details – the portal “AvtoVzglyad”.
With the onset of heat, the risks of a discharged battery in a car increase no less than in winter. And all because with heating, destructive processes in the battery increase – water evaporates from the electrolyte, the plates are exposed and deteriorate from the concentration of acid, and the starting current drops. Therefore, charging the battery is strongly discouraged. What should be checked in the car so as not to face his reluctance to start the engine?
First of all, you should not fanatically use the air conditioning system, because the air conditioning system is a closed hermetic structure with freon and compressor oil, and for successful operation, the fan needs from 80 to 600 watts. Therefore, try to “use” the air conditioner less at idle, especially if you do not plan to go anywhere.
By the way, ventilation and heated seats also “devour” – God forbid! Features so beloved by Russian motorists consume at least 240 watts. Therefore, experts also recommend using their activation only pointwise and not using it permanently.
You will be surprised, but even the rear window defroster in the car has very solid power characteristics – 120 watts. This means that it is absolutely not worth constantly “melting” the foggy window at the stern of the vehicle. It is not for nothing that some drivers help the cabin get rid of “sweat” by partially opening the side hatches.
By the way, even more – 150 W – are selected by electric windows, which we use intensively in the warm season. Know: it is better to raise and lower the windows in the cabin with the engine running. Otherwise, in combination with the work of other energy consumers, they can quickly “empty” the capacity of the battery storage.
But perhaps the most insidious node in the car, without which you cannot move, is the generator. It is he who rotates the crankshaft to the desired speed, so necessary to start the engine, while consuming from 800 to 3000 watts. And therefore, when other systems have already worked on “zeroing” the battery charge level, the eraser may not respond to the driver’s requests. In such a case, the car will have to be “revived” with a cable or with a pusher.
With the onset of heat, the risks of a discharged battery in a car increase no less than in winter. And all because with heating, destructive processes in the battery increase – water evaporates from the electrolyte, the plates are exposed and deteriorate from the concentration of acid, and the starting current drops. Therefore, charging the battery is strongly discouraged. What should be checked in the car so as not to face his reluctance to start the engine?
First of all, you should not fanatically use the air conditioning system, because the air conditioning system is a closed hermetic structure with freon and compressor oil, and for successful operation, the fan needs from 80 to 600 watts. Therefore, try to “use” the air conditioner less at idle, especially if you do not plan to go anywhere.
By the way, ventilation and heated seats also “devour” – God forbid! Features so beloved by Russian motorists consume at least 240 watts. Therefore, experts also recommend using their activation only pointwise and not using it permanently.
You will be surprised, but even the rear window defroster in the car has very solid power characteristics – 120 watts. This means that it is absolutely not worth constantly “melting” the foggy window at the stern of the vehicle. It is not for nothing that some drivers help the cabin get rid of “sweat” by partially opening the side hatches.
By the way, even more – 150 W – are selected by electric windows, which we use intensively in the warm season. Know: it is better to raise and lower the windows in the cabin with the engine running. Otherwise, in combination with the work of other energy consumers, they can quickly “empty” the capacity of the battery storage.
But perhaps the most insidious node in the car, without which you cannot move, is the generator. It is he who rotates the crankshaft to the desired speed, so necessary to start the engine, while consuming from 800 to 3000 watts. And therefore, when other systems have already worked on “zeroing” the battery charge level, the eraser may not respond to the driver’s requests. In such a case, the car will have to be “revived” with a cable or with a pusher.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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