How Choose your Battery

5 important factors in choosing a car battery:

1. Size

2. Brand

3. Reserve capacity

4. Age

5. Cold-cranking amps

1) - Size:-

        Different Group Sizes for Different Car Models:

           Size 75 - General Motors cars;

           Size 65 - big-bodied Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars;

           Size 35 - latest Honda, Nissan, and Toyota cars;

           Size 34 - Chrysler cars; and

           Size 34/78 - with 2 sets of terminals to fit some Chrysler and some General  Motor models.

2)- Brand :-

      refers to the trademark given to a certain product. Sometimes it is the same with the manufacturer's name .

      You must select battery which have the following:

1. Good performance

2. High quality

3. Suitable price

4. Warranty

3)-Reserve Capacity

• Reserve capacity rating (RC) refers to the battery's ‘standing power'. This is the amount of minutes the battery can continuously supply minimum voltage needed to run a car should the car's alternator

• With an excellent reserve capacity rating, your car can run on the battery alone when the alternator stops working.

• it is not usually printed on the label.

4)- Age

• The age of the battery gives you an idea on how long it should be able to perform.

• A battery is considered ‘fresh' if it is less than 6 months old.

• Look for the manufacturing date. Most date codes are stamped on the battery case or label. Important battery information usually starts with 2 characters:

  1. Letter - indicates the month (Example: A is January; B is February; C is March...), and

  2. Digit - indicates the year (Example: 9 for 1999, 0 for 2000, 1 for 2001...)

5)- Cold-Cranking Amps

• Cold-cranking amps (CCA) measure the battery's ability to start your car even on an extremely cold weather. During freezing condition, your car will be hard to start (or to ignite) because the car's engine oil thickens and chemical reactions, in turn, slow down.

• The cold-cranking amps also refer to the number of amps a battery will be able to support for 30 seconds at 0 degree temperature (until battery voltage reaches below minimum level).

• Choosing a battery with a high number of CCA is better; particularly to those vehicles being driven in a cold climate. A higher cold- cramping amps assure that your car's engine will start obediently even on snowy mornings.

In this section you can find the battery that best suits your needs. If you need the support of an operator, please contact us