When you are experiencing issues with keeping an automotive battery charged a solar battery charger can be an excellent option. These chargers use the sun’s rays to create voltage to charge, or maintain, a battery. Watch the video down below and let Paul explain what a solar battery charger can do for you.

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Can You Leave a Solar Battery Charger On All The Time?

Yes. The solar battery tender will produce a trickle charge that will either slowly (and we do stress slowly) charge the battery or keep the battery fully charged (topped off). Using this all the time will not hurt your automotive battery.

Can You Over Charge a Car Battery With a Solar Charger?

As a general rule, a solar panel that has a charge controller will NOT overcharge the battery. The charge rate depends on the solar panel voltage, the output current, and the battery voltage. Overcharging is eliminated by using a solar charge controller. A 10 amp solar battery charger does not produce enough current that would damage the battery.

How Long Does It Take To Charge a Car Battery With a Solar Battery Charger?

Great question. The solar battery chargers we sell are 10 amps. It would take 10 hours in direct sunlight to charge from 0 volts. These are great to keep your automotive battery charged and ready for use.

How Much Does a Solar Battery Charger Cost?

Generally, a quality solar battery charger will run from $40 - $60 dollars for a 10 amp model. The more amps you purchase, the larger the solar cell, and the larger the price. For automotive purposes in just keeping a battery ready for use, the 10 amp model is perfect.

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NoCo Solar Battery Tender

Sale Price:$39.95 Original Price:$49.95

The NoCo Solar Battery Tender sold by Mobile Battery Squad is the solution to battery discharge to automobile batteries that are left for long periods of time. This solar battery tender offer a great 2.5 watts of solar charging to keep your car or truck battery at 100%.

The main use of this solar battery tender is to keep your battery at high capacity rather than charging a battery. If you plan on infrequent use of your automobile this device can help. It can either plug into your 12v outlet or be directly connected to your battery.

We will ship this item out in 24 hours from our warehouse on San Antonio, Texas.  This makes a great holiday gift for Dad!

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Looking to find how many volts a car battery has? A good car battery will have 12 Volts. If the battery has not been drained you can see by the voltage what is wrong with the battery in most cases.

Good Car Batteries Have 12 Volts

If you test 11 volts for example, the battery is most likely discharged. Now, this is where things get odd. Car batteries fail in most cases when a cell in the battery gives out. There are (6) cells in each car battery. Each of the cells gives out (2) volts. So if you multiply 6x2=12. Six cells at two volts each is twelve volts. So if one cell goes bad in the battery, you will know if you test the battery at 10 volts.

This is an assistive way to trouble shoot your car battery. The best way to test is to first charge the car battery, and then conduct a CCA (Cold Cranking Amp) test. This is done with a automotive battery tester. You can take it to any mechanic and they should test it for free. Be careful as some dishonest mechanics will attempt to sell you a battery even if your battery is still good.

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How Long Does It Take To Charge a Car Battery?

Great question! To charge a car battery it takes an average of 12 to 24 hours depending on what the output amps is from the charger. Lets break it down a little further.

Battery Charging Times

How Long Does It Take To Charge a Car Battery?

There are a few different chargers that you can buy. The type you will need is will depend on the use you will purchase it for. The faster and more demanding charge will require a higher amp - like a 40 amp charger. If your battery is charged and will not be used frequently you can buy a lower amp charger (trickle charger) such as a 1 amp charger.

Hopefully that gives you some idea about how long it will take you to charge your battery.

You may be searching Google for “Does Anyone Deliver & Install Car Batteries?” and we can definitely help answer that question. Our team at the Mobile Battery Squad can help with delivering a new car battery, installing it, and recycling of your old car battery.

Our friendly Squad members will come to your home or work to replace your dead car battery. Once our technicians arrive to assist we run a few tests on your battery to ensure you actually need a replacement. If you need the replacement our technicians will install your new battery, and take the old battery for recycling. As a final check we test your alternator and get you back on the road.

Average Life of a Lead- Acid Car Battery

This chart shows the average life of a car battery before it dies.

Does The Mobile Battery Squad Come to My Home To Replace My Battery?

Yes! We travel to our customers home, work, and even storage stalls to replace car batteries. We go to our customers to save you time and money (not to forget the frustration) of having to replace your car battery.

Give us a call today to have your car battery replaced and backed by our warranty.

When you find that your car, or truck, battery has failed it often happens at home. This is where the service of delivering and installing a car battery at your home or work can be convient.

We Deliver & Install Car Batteries at Your Home

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Will Someone Deliver a Battery?

Yes. When you book an appointment online or by phone without team we will deliver your new car battery. When we deliver it - we install it. We are availabe to replace your battery same-day in most cases.

Companies That Come To My House To Fix My Battery - Can You Help Me?

Our team is known for our customer support of battery service. We visit numerous homes a day to replace car batteries. We “fix” car batteries by testing and replacing them if needed. We will not sell a battery to someone who does not need one.

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Car Batteries Last an Average of 2 - 5 Years.

How Long Does a Car Battery Last?

It never fails to get a call from a customer that their car battery has pretty much just given up all hope on starting the vehicle for them. And when we send a technician out. Almost always, we get the inevitable question of how long do car batteries last? I generally tell people that a car battery should last anywhere from two to five years.

Reasons Why Batteries Do Not Last as Long…

Some things will hinder a car battery from lasting two to five years. One reason is going to be the usage of the battery. Suppose you're just going to park your vehicle and you're not using the battery. In that case, you're not starting it, driving the vehicle that can cause the car battery to actually fail faster because what happens is the voltage in those cells, the pleats, and it causes the cell in the battery to go back up. Now, with that being said the aspect of a car battery being under the hood, we've noticed that that actually causes a quicker progression of failure for the car battery. Just imagine being stuck under the hood next to a hot engine for hours. Yeah, it's not pleasant and it's not pleasant for your car battery either. I promise you that. So with heat, heat can kill your car battery faster. We're noticing that vehicles, they have the car battery under the driver or the passenger seat or lasting a lot longer than batteries that are underneath the hood. And in terms of where the batteries located, we're noticing that the ones under the hood die the fastest, the next would be the ones in the trunk because they're still getting heat. And then we're noticing that the ones inside the vehicle are actually lasting the longest.

How To Make Your Battery Last Longer.

If you're not going to use your vehicle battery. Frequently, if you're not going to use it every few days, I would highly suggest getting a battery trickle charger. Now, these can be purchased at any store. You can go to Amazon and you can buy it at Wal-Mart. You can usually find them at Home Depot anywhere. A trickle charger should generally run you between 20 and 40 dollars. If you're just going to use it for your vehicle, you don't need special bells and whistles on it. That's going to do you just fine, I promise, if you need somebody to come out and replace your battery, I have a ton of technicians here at the Mobile Battery Squad that would be happy to deliver and install your new battery. Again, this is Paul with the Mobile Battery Squad. I Hope that answers your question about how long a car battery lasts.