What kind of behaviour shortens life?

Switching off electrical appliances before switching off the engine

Turn off the electrical appliances before the ignition is a problem that many owners are prone to make, they all think that the car power off the electrical will follow the power off, in fact, this idea is wrong. Many vehicle functions due to design needs, when the vehicle is turned off, it can continue to be used normally, such as windscreen wipers, radio, headlights, etc.. If you forget to switch them off before you lock the car, they will continue to operate and drain the Lead acid battery until it is empty. It should also be noted that if the door is not fully closed, this will also drain the battery.

Switch off the air conditioning before switching off the engine

The air conditioning system in a car is different from other electrical devices: when the car is switched off, the air conditioning system is switched off automatically. However, when the vehicle is turned on, the air conditioner will automatically turn on, if the air conditioner is driven to start the vehicle, think about how much the load of the battery will be instantaneous, especially some Maintenance Free Battery that have been used for more than two years, if the car does not start successfully, it is likely that the ignition will not start because the Storage Battery power is too low.

Use external electrical device after extinguishing

Every car is equipped with one or more 12V cigarette lighter, in our daily life, cigarette lighter in addition to the function of cigarette lighting, mainly to expand the external power supply of the vehicle, such as: mobile phone charging, dashcam, air pump, vacuum cleaner and so on. When using these external power supplies, many people will make a mistake, that is, do not start the vehicle and plug it in directly. Think that the use of time is short, the battery will have nothing, and some people do not even know that the vehicle is consuming the battery power at this time, and the result is that the battery power is basically left. Therefore, in the use of external power supply, regardless of the length of use, to start the vehicle before use, so that the use of electricity is provided by the generator, it will not affect the Maintenance Free Lead Acid Battery, there is a loss of power can not start the vehicle and so on.

Long journey

Just mentioned, when the car starts the moment will consume a lot of battery power, and the generator to the battery full charge takes a period of time to complete, and if at this time we travel too short distance (less than two kilometres), has not been waiting for the battery full charge, the car turned off, this situation will also affect the battery life. Especially as some people who are close to work, this cycle for a long time, the battery has been in a half-full and state, which has a great impact on the life of the battery.

Retrofitting high power headlights

Some off-road enthusiasts choose to fit high-powered headlights to their vehicles to increase brightness at night. However, these high-power headlamps will undoubtedly increase the vehicle's power consumption; if the headlamps are accidentally switched on when the vehicle is switched off, the general battery will find it difficult to maintain this high current output and the battery will be drained within minutes. It is therefore advisable to replace the battery with a larger current when changing the high power headlamps.