Battery replacement - do you wait until it does not work?

[meledson]

Most cars are not equiped with volt meter and ammeter so there is no way to verify that the battery is dying.

Once the batteryis nearing it's end of warranty or you feel that is is about to die on you, you can go to any battery shop to have the battery diagnosed. They have a device that will place a "fixed load" on the battery and measure the voltage. The voltage reading will tell if the battery is good, about to die, or dead.

An old school way to get the charge level of each cell. They have a big syringe that has a glass tube in side. the tube floats on the electrolyte (that was sucked from the battery) and indicates the level of charge of a cell. This is a way to check which cell are good or bad.

During my 35K PMS, I was informed by toyota shaw that my battery voltage is low. It will have to be replaced soon. Since one start andar na makina, sabi ko wag na muna. (walang budget pa) less than 3 months after, umaga, ayaw na mag start. at least nasa garahe lang ako ng nagyari ito.