The Effects of Heat and Hot Weather on Car Batteries
The high temperatures especially during daytime pose a greater threat to battery longevity. The enormous heat produced by the engine rapidly deteriorates the battery capacity. While battery capacity is higher due to heat, high temperatures shorten overall car battery lifespan.
Here are the main reasons why car battery drained due to high temperature:
1. Evaporation: Under the hood, a car battery can reach internal temperatures of 140 degrees or higher. This causes battery electrolyte to evaporate, which damages the battery’s internal structure.
2. Overcharging: High heat can also cause the voltage regulator or other charging system components to malfunction and overcharge the system. This leads to a slow but inevitable death for your car battery.
3. Corrosion: Extreme temperatures allow lead plates inside the battery to corrode and deteriorate.
Reasons why a flat battery or premature failures
One of the reasons is you installed a wrong battery size that is not adequate to your car needs hence your car battery drained rapidly. Here are the other reasons that cause your battery to flatten.
If you’re interested to buy Century battery from us especially the maintenance-free battery to experience a long-lasting performance, feel free to use our Century Battery Finder to check the suitable battery for your car.
Tips to prolong car battery lifespan
At the same time, you may also follow the below-mentioned tips to keep your existing car battery healthy:
1. Keep your battery tightly fastened
One of the reasons that cause your car battery lifespan shorter is the car vibration and it might damage the battery’s internal components. Therefore, you can use an approved battery clamp to prolong the car battery lifespan.
2. Minimise power used while the engine is off
Always double-check to make sure your car’s headlights or interior lights are off when the car engine stopped. Let your car battery be kept for 100% charge and it is even better when you have a maintenance-free battery to provide longer life in your car.
3. Keep your battery clean
As there is a lot of general car battery knowledge to you however don’t forget to make sure the top of the car batteries must be dry, clean, and free of dirt and grime. A dirty battery will create a mild short circuit that will cause your car battery to be flattened so does a maintenance-free battery. Here are some tips for you on how you should clean your car battery.
4. Check your car battery’s voltage every month
The life of a lead-acid battery will be shorter if you left the battery partially or fully discharged. Therefore, you need to check the voltage with a voltmeter to ensure your battery health status is good to drive. Kindly note that the healthy and fully charged battery should have a voltage of around 12.7 volts and above.
5. Don’t leave your car unused for a long period
During the MCO period, there were many cars unable to function because they stayed at home and placed their cars about 2-3 months for a long period of time in their housing area. Here are some maintenance tips for you to maintain your battery’s life for those people who rarely drive recently.
Century Marathoner Max ——2X Longer Life & More Starts
Introducing our Century Marathoner Max, a maintenance-free battery that comes with new technology and one of the important battery features – tropicalised plate designed for battery to stand Malaysia’s hot climate and minimize evaporation of battery’s electrolyte.
Not only this, Century Marathoner Max anti-sulfation enriched electrolyte minimized the battery sulfation phenomenon and improved recharging ability. Coupled with an optimum acid to material ratio and new DEXITA paste formula, Century Marathoner Max provides even more reliable performance.
Therefore, you can place your car anywhere during hot climates without worrying once you install our Century Marathoner Max maintenance-free battery!
Where to buy Century Battery
From these methods, you can check Century battery price and its availability and car battery cost quickly!
Option 1
Visit our Dealer Finder to help you find the nearest car battery stores in your area. Therefore, you can buy the maintenance-free battery in your nearby area!
Option 2
Browse through our official stores, which are Lazada and Shopee nationwide.
Option 3
You can also always contact Century Assist for battery delivery and installation service nationwide*:
- Call 1-800-228837 or 1-300-228837
- Whatsapp to +60172935515 (http://www.wasap.my/+60172935515/ )
Century Battery Assist rider will deliver the freshest battery to your doorstep within 45 minutes. If you ever experience a drained car battery on the road, you can always contact Century Battery Assist!
Check Century car battery warranty period here: https://centurybattery.com.my/faqs/
In making a warranty claim, you can bring your maintenance-free battery and the vehicle together with the fully completed warranty card and the dated sales invoice/receipt to the dealer where the battery was purchased for warranty inspections or you may visit Century Warranty Centre.
Address: 26/1, Lebuhraya Persekutuan, 47300, Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan
Tel: 03-78729072
Office Operating Hours: 9 am to 6 pm. Monday to Friday.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]