Car owners can find themselves having to develop a deep involvement in the maintenance and upkeep of their vehicles, especially when it comes to paying special attention to the health of their ...

First, let’s clear the air: Optimate is not Optima. The former is a European-engineered brand of battery chargers; the latter is a maker of those red-and-yellow AGM batteries you’ve probably seen in ...

The right one can preserve the charge and protect the battery when your car is parked for an extended period By Jeff S. Bartlett All car batteries lose power over time. This isn’t a factor when the ...

Your car battery can be a temperamental creature. It needs to remain at peak performance, all year long and in all kinds of conditions. The best way to keep your battery primed and ready for action ...

A couple of decades ago, having a dead battery usually meant pulling out jumper cables and hoping your friendly neighbor (if you didn't own a secondary car) would be kind enough to give you a jolt to ...

The following automatic battery-charger design is created with a circuit that could qualify as the simplest window comparator ever built around a single transistor (see the figure). It starts charging ...

Winter is the toughest time of the year for your car’s battery, so having a good battery charger ready to go when a helping hand is needed is a worthwhile precaution. Today’s electronics-packed ...

Every car owner has, at some point in their vehicle ownership journey, dealt with a drained battery. If you haven't, consider yourself lucky. You might have left your car at a shop, gone on vacation, ...