The function of a car battery has changed significantly over the past 15 years. At that time, it was used essentially for starting the car each time and powering a few basic electrical parts.
There are dozens of modules, sensors, and always-on systems present in today’s vehicles, and the battery has to keep up. Let’s look at how Amaron’s design is made appropriate for that transition.
Modern Cars Simply Ask More From a Battery
These days, the typical car has anywhere from 50 to 80 electronic modules, ranging from parking sensors to driver-assistance cameras to infotainment displays.
Numerous of these systems consume power even when the engine is not running, and all require a stable and consistent voltage to operate effectively. This load is more than a standard car can cope with after 10 years.
Start-Stop Systems Push Batteries Through Far More Cycling
In a start-stop car, the engine doesn’t start just once at the start of a journey, but repeatedly during a single journey to meet the city’s demands.
It amounts to a lot of charge-discharge cycles in a short period of time that a regular battery was never designed to endure, and a typical flooded battery in this type of car will probably break down in months, not years.
Amaron’s sealed VRLA and AGM batteries are specifically designed to deal with repeated cycling while not suffering from the same sulfation and plate degradation issues as standard batteries.
Powering Onboard Systems While the Engine Sits Idle
Every instance of a vehicle with a start-stop system turning the engine off during a traffic stop still leaves the lights, climate control, infotainment display, and safety systems on. It’s solely the battery’s responsibility during those moments, which happen over and over again during an average journey.
That’s where reserve capacity is as important as starting power. Amaron batteries are built to withstand these loads without the voltage dropping down so low that it will cause damage to sensitive electronics, which a battery merely for starting duties cannot guarantee.
Keeping Voltage Stable for Sensors and Driver-Assistance Systems
Today’s safety equipment, lane-keeping assist, parking cameras, and collision sensors rely on consistent electrical power for accurate operation.
When the system is unstable and assisting the car to brake or steer, it’s a larger issue than it sounds. When the system in question is helping to brake or steer the car, that is a bigger issue than it sounds.
The lower internal resistance, coupled with the fact that Amaron’s AGM range accepts charge uniformly, results in the stability that it offers as compared to times of heavy demand, when battery voltage can drop.
Recovering Fast Enough to Keep Up With City Driving
All this is irrelevant if the battery doesn’t charge fast enough between uses. Rarely, if ever, will city driving provide a long stretch of uninterrupted charging for a battery, so a battery that takes a long time to charge will still be a little light on the battery juice after a few weeks of regular driving.
Whereas a typical battery takes a longer time to charge in heavy stop-and-go traffic compared to a long trip on a highway, Amaron’s plate design allows it to charge more quickly.
Holding Up Under Heat While Doing All of This
All of the above still need to function when the battery is housed under a hood that can regularly be above the normal operating temperature in the UAE.
It is extremely stressful to the battery when it is operating in a start-stop application and is already subjected to a full electronics package.
That heat-degradation is part of what makes Amaron’s silver-calcium alloy construction hold up reasonably well in high-temperature/highly-electronic vehicles.
Making Sure the Replacement Actually Matches the Car
If the wrong battery is placed under the hood, none of these advantages is of any benefit. Many modern cars are particular about the capacity of the battery, terminal configuration, and the type of technology they need – AGM or standard. If the wrong battery is installed, it may result in less power available for starting and stopping or even disable the system altogether.
Battery Zone UAE does this type of fitment frequently and ensures that the correct specification is used before fitting an Amaron car battery, so drivers can be assured that they aren’t replacing a battery that they aren’t sure is the right one for their vehicle’s electronics.
Conclusion
Amaron’s cycling durability, recharge speed, and heat resistance were designed to match the requirements for electrical usage found in today’s vehicles.
Greater importance is placed on that alignment than with simpler cars 10 years ago, when there was no start-stop, no sensors, and no electronics that are always on.
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