About Flat Car Battery

Flat Car Battery

A flat car battery is the product of various reasons, including cold weather, frequent short journeys, excessive strain and battery age. There are some easy ways to deal with this problem. In order to determine the condition of your flat battery you need to use a multimeter. Remove the protective caps which cover the battery terminals and connect the positive and negative terminals of the car battery to the multimeter, if the meter shows any reading less than 12 volts then it means that your battery is weak. If the reading is zero than it means that your battery is dead. You can revive a weak battery by using a charger, make sure that you use a miltimeter to set the DC voltage to greater than twelve volts. Connect the red cable to the positive terminal and the black cable to the negative terminal let the battery charge until the charge hits twelve volts this could take a few hours. Once the battery gets fully charged you can start the vehicle.

If you are on a hurry to work and you face a flat car battery you need to try to push start or jump start your car. In order to push start your vehicle you need to get someone to push the car to maintain momentum, if your car is positioned in an uphill slope you can use this to your advantage. You need to engage second gear and hold the clutch down as the car gains some momentum you need to let go of the clutch and push the accelerator immediately. Doing so will start the vehicle immediately if your car doesn’t start you might have to try it again, however this method will work only in cars which have a manual transmission. To jump start your vehicle you need jumper cables and another working car. All you need to do is connect your car’s battery to the working car’s battery, turn on the working car and let it idle for a few minutes. Try starting your car your car should start within the first three turns. If all these don’t work then you need to consult a technician who is specialized in fixing a flat car battery. Some popular locations to get in touch with technicians who fix flat car batteries in UAE are Silicon oasis, Sheikh Zayed road and Deira.



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