What makes the SF Sonic Flash start Car batteries stand up to the Indian road conditions?

Just as many types of cars abound in the market, there are equal numbers of batteries available. In this melee, one would ask, what makes the SF Sonic Flash Start batteries special? The combination of two factors really! The special paste formula and calcium-silver alloy!

S F Sonic’s continuous dedication to research and development has enabled it to come up with innovation after innovation in car battery. The company firmly believes that the batteries must meet the challenges of the roads and weather of specific regions to be really and truly effective.

Challenges the Indian roads and weather systems present.
While the country has a come a long way in making it’s inter and intra city roadways smoother, the sheer size and scale make it an ongoing challenge. During monsoons many roads degenerate into dirt tracks or large potholes appear almost overnight. This makes for very bumpy and rocky rides.

India has a sub-tropical climate where weather swings are extreme. From hot and dry in the summer to cold and windy in the winter. That’s why just like its people, S F Sonic believes its batteries too must be tough, hardy and easy to maintain.

The Flash Start advantages
In the Flash Start range of car batteries SF Sonic offers very definitive features that take on the bumps and the weather with ease and continues to give out more power per crank.

The technology edge:
Plates with special plate formulation ensure the batteries offer repetitive cranking without wear and tear.

Polyethylene separator combines with textured glass mat double clad separator help the batteries withstand heavy duty vibrations while traveling in arduous road conditions

Calcium-Silver alloy: This increases corrosion resistance while reducing bench charging frequency to retain starting power over a longer period

Corrosion resistance: Grid made up of corrosion resistant special alloy of calcium-calcium.

Deeper and consistent bonding through ‘automated terminal post bonding

Better fit especially in cars with sloping hood lines and top hold downs

The safety edge

• Side proof vending design prevents corrosive acid spills
• Built in flame arrestor
• Reduced acid spewing overcharge
• Superior drain-back design

All of SF Sonic’s batteries are can be purchased online, on the SF Sonic dedicated website or on any reputable car battery online store.

Life Cycle and Functionality of SF Sonic 4 Wheeler Batteries

For most people, their car is their great love of their lives. And why not, it carries you to your dream destinations, it makes travelling fun and with some cool gadgets, getting stuck in a traffic jam may not be a nightmare even! But then what makes your car a pleasure to be in? Looks? Cool gadgets? Smart fittings? Or, more? Take a guess! The answer is what’s under the hood is as and, even more important than what is above it.

So while you spend your energy and money on fitting your car with the latest music system, dashcams, phone/GPS systems/ swanky parking lights, neon fenders etc., give some thought on one of the most important components that powers everything in your car – your car battery! It’s literally the heart of your car, pumping the energy in! If it stops working, so does your car. If it is under performing so do all the gadgets in your car. This is why you need to give some serious thought on you should buy for your four wheeler batteries.

First take a look at the kind of roads you encounter every day, how many miles you travel and what temperatures you face. Then go for a battery that holds its own in all these challenges! Simply the best car battery choice you can make. Which you can now buy online

Introducing the all weather – tough road – reliable Flash Start Car battery from SF Sonic.
The SF Sonic Flash Start is has some of the most advanced features available in India. Features that enable it to remain reliable, long lasting and unshakeable, through rough terrain and tough weather conditions. Giving more power per crank, crank after crank.

The Calcium-Silver Alloy advantage
The batteries are made with special alloys in a radial grid with lead distribution based on current density, which is far superior to traditional Lead-Antimony grids. The principal constituents are:

• Calcium Silver – Increases corrosion and heat tolerance while reducing bench charging frequency.
• Dopant A – Making the positive plate extremely hard and resistant to shattering. This improves vibration resistance and prevents water loss, thereby increasing battery life.
• Dopant B – Increase cycle life and charging ability of negative plate. Increases endurance of battery by reducing ‘gassing’

Corrosion resistant calcium-calcium grid
The vibration& corrosion resistant grid design prevents ‘shedding’ on potholed roads and extends battery life. It also provides unmatched endurance under abusive conditions such as high heat and faulty voltage setting and can exceed 600 cycles of heavy load endurance.

Zero maintenance and No topping up
The batteries have a special system of water vapor retention from exhaust gases thereby eliminating water loss making the battery completely maintenance free. This would mean that the batteries do not need to be topped up.

Advantages of car battery in the SF Sonic continues…
Special paste recipe ensure quick recharge, side venting system for better battery safety and prevention of corrosive acid spills. Built-in flame arrestor, superior drain-back design, more cranking power to start even in freezing conditions…the advantages multiply your driving comfort!

List of Car Batteries from the house of SF Sonic

Indian road conditions can sometimes be horrible. Bet a lot of people can agree with that. Unpredictable weather and unruly traffic conditions usually make your car battery quite…unreliable. SF Sonic batteries are created with all of these hazards in mind – To create a more user friendly experience for the customer with quicker and more powerful starts, brighter lights and booming horns. The SF Sonic car battery is designed with the newest and most advanced technology to ensure that the battery life lasts longer and delivers the utmost power for each crank!

SF Sonic batteries have extremely high endurance while exposed to high temperatures, vibration resistance to keep the battery stable and away from harm and most importantly they have a deeper discharge rate which helps you enjoy longer, more comfortable drives with no cause for worry.

Here is a list of SF Sonic Car Batteries:

Flash Start 1800/1440/1080 now with C21 alloy – The latest advancement in car batteries

• Comes with a recognized Japanese C21 alloy to overcome all kinds of harsh road and driving conditions
• Superior and flashier starts with more power and providing instant ignition
• Acidic corrosion preventers (Arrestors) that stop corrosion and emission of sparks
• Shock absorbing dual plates to guard against extreme vibrations and shocks
• Absolutely no maintenance. Zero requirement to top-up
• Comes pre-charged completely. No extra charging costs

Buying car batteries online has never been easier. With excellent customer support and quick response – SF Sonic is a great choice to purchase your car batteries online!

Car Battery Recycling Method

The reuse and reprocessing of car batteries in India – in order to reduce the number of batteries being disposed of as material waste – is known as “Car Battery Recycling”. The average Indian car battery has a shelf life of three to five years, after which requires immediate recycling. Containing several poisonous heavy metals and chemicals, the dumping of batteries has poses an environmental threat which leads to contamination of soil and water. In order to comply with environmental and health benefits, such batteries are recycled.

Recycling Process of Car Batteries in India:
For car batteries in India, the “Hammer-mill”, a machine that hammers the car battery into little pieces, is used in the first stage of the recycling process. A large tank of liquid is used to separate the heavy materials and lead from the plastic pieces (The plastic is sent to the plastic recycling unit where it is heated and stored in a molten form). The next step is to scoop away the polypropylene pieces while the liquid is drawn off in order to access the lead and heavy metals. Each material is then sent down a different stream, each processed with separate methods and sent back to manufacturers of car batteries in India.

Paving the way to successful recycling, 97 percent of lead acid car batteries in India are reprocessed using this method. While, rightfully, the credit for organizing early recycling should go to the automotive industry; we believe business reasons rather than environmental concerns may have been the driving force as the recycling process is simple and 70 percent of the battery’s weight is re-usable lead.

Recycled car batteries in India cover about 50 percent of the lead supply. Other battery types prove not as economical to recycle and usually are not returned as eagerly as the lead acid ones. To make the collection of old car batteries in India more convenient, several agencies have organized several battery collection programs and initiatives. The end goal of the recycling process is to make sure the hazardous wastes do not contaminate our natural resources and to utilize the retrieved material in the creation of new products.

Though being environmentally unfriendly, lead acid car batteries in India contribute to a strong market niche, especially as a starter battery. Wheeled mobility and UPS systems can not continue to run as economically if it were not for this reliable battery. Although being pollution free, these lead acid car batteries in India are in constant decline.

Why do car batteries die in winter?

Like human beings batteries too react to extreme cold and hot conditions. Car batteries are sensitive to temperatures.

What happens in winter?

1. The electrolyte in the batteries thickens during cold weather conditions making it difficult for the engine to crank. This is the vital cause for dead batteries in winter. The electrolytes in the batteries should be free flowing with lower viscosity for the easy chemical flow of current.
2. The engine will demand more power to ignite during winter. This leads to trouble when the battery is unable to deliver the power required. The cold climate tightens the electrolyte in the battery making it difficult for the chemicals to generate the necessary power in that condition.
3. The car accessories demand additional power from the battery during winter. The battery is already exhausted of power because of the engine ignition. The additional demand of power will only lead to total shut down.

The above three are the main reasons why batteries die during winter.  There are few other reasons too for batteries to die.

When batteries are left in isolation for a long time it will lead to discharge of power. This mostly happens during the Christmas season (winter) when people are in holidays and seldom take their vehicles out leading to dead batteries in winter.

Hot weather is no exemption to this. In fact, batteries are more vulnerable to damage during extreme hot weather compared to the cold weather. During summer, due to extreme heat there is a chance for the electrolyte in the battery to get evaporated and dried up quickly when left in hot sun. Under these conditions the fluid levels in the battery should be checked on regular basis.

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What are the Four Wheeler Battery Specifications?

Buying four wheeler batteries for your vehicles can be a really difficult with so many brands and so many technical specifications. There are many portals which sell batteries online and the brands themselves hold an online portal to sell their batteries.

This blog will help in facilitating the process of buying a four wheeler battery. There are few things that you should know about batteries before getting into the purchasing of the battery.

Basics of Battery:

1. Cells, Modules and Packs: The batteries come in different cases based on the chemicals and the power/energy that it contains. The way the cells are packed are also different, it may be arranged in series or parallel. The power and the usage also determine whether to choose a parallel battery or series battery.
2. Batteries are classified as high power, high energy and high durability. Decide which suits your need better and choose from that category of batteries.
3. C- And E- rate batteries: These are power or the capacity of the battery to discharge current. A 1C rate battery will discharge its current in one hour through a discharge current. Similarly, E-rate battery is the discharge power to discharge the entire battery in 1 hour.

There are few other technical terms to be considered before purchasing a battery:

• State of charge (SOC)
• Depth of Discharge (DOD)
• Terminal Voltage
• Open-Circuit Voltage
• Internal Resistance
• Nominal Voltage
• Cut-off Voltage

There are many brands that sell four wheeler batteries in India. Apart from all this the purchase of a battery largely depends on the vehicle model, check the size and requirements from the car manufacture beforehand.

How to choose best brand of Car Batteries online

An automotive battery acts as a power house of the vehicle enabling to start the engine leading to other functions. Hence, purchasing car batteries online should be done with a caution.

Here are few things that we need to keep in mind as a checklist while trying to purchase the best car battery online:

Technology:
Each vehicle has different types of driving capacity and needs. The battery type also varies based on these types.  It is best to check the vehicle manual on the kind of battery that is recommended. Certain vehicles may recommend a conventional battery to deep-cycle or AGM battery.

Group Type:
This information should be in the manual of your vehicle. Based on your vehicle make and model the Size of the battery varies. You have to consider the physical dimensions of the battery and the terminal location before purchasing the battery. Make sure that the new battery fits your vehicle as per the manufacturer’s instructions.

Cold Cranking Amps:
Basically higher the CCA rating greater is the battery capacity to start the engine in cold weather.  It is easier to start an engine in warm weather than in the cold weather. CCA rating helps us to determine the ability of the battery to start the engine in the cold weather.

Reserve Capacity:
As the name suggests the Reserve capacity helps us to know the capacity of the car battery to supply power if the vehicle’s alternator fails.

C20 Capacity:
It determines the capacity or the power the battery holds within. Only premium brands give away the C20 capacity.

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Automotive Batteries – Overview

The Automotive batteries are used to provide electrical energy to the vehicle mostly cars, trucks, two-wheelers, tractors, etc. These batteries are for starting, lighting and Ignition and so they are traditionally called SLI. However, the main purpose of the battery is to start the engine. Once the engine starts running, the power for the car is extracted from the alternator. The start of the engine typically discharges 3% of the battery capacity.  These batteries are designed to discharge high current and then be recharged quickly. They are not designed for full battery discharge; such instances may reduce the battery life.

These batteries also need proper and regular maintenance.  Leaving the battery in isolation especially in cold weather may cause discharge and degrade the battery. Moisture, Metal and electricity can cause electrolysis which leads to corrosion. This is another big problem with batteries. Corroded cables and terminals, loose-fitting terminals can also limit the battery from charging completely.  Hence, proper and regular maintenance of the battery is necessary at intervals.

The same old concept of lead-acid design is used as the basic model for all the current batteries in the market. The lead plates are submerged in the electrolyte solution of sulphuric acid. As the battery discharges the lead electrode plates become lead sulphate and the electrolyte dissolves into water. This basic concept is universal across all the batteries in the market. The available car batteries in India are SF Sonic Car Battery, Exide Car Battery, Amaron Car Battery, Tata Green Car Battery and Ac Delco Car Battery.

SF Sonic also offers wide range of other batteries like:

Car battery, Two- wheeler Battery, Three- wheeler battery, Tractor batteries, Genset batteries, Inverter batteries, CFL batteries and Home UPS battery.

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‘Dead’ Car Batteries

The main purpose for any automotive battery is to start the engine.  These Batteries uses less than three percent of its capacity to start the engine.  As soon as the engine starts, the power for the car is supplied by the alternator.  These batteries are designed to discharge high voltage of current and then recharge quickly. Most of the SLI or lead -acid battery provides 12 Volts of direct current.

The car battery usually has a life about 5 years.  But, did you know that the Battery which we assume dead are actually good batteries.  They just don’t produce enough power to start a car engine but it does discharge little power which can be used for smaller things.  The power discharged from a dead battery is enough for the lights and fans in our house.  Instead of putting it in the carriage or simply returning it to the service person we can put these batteries to a good use.

It can be used to charge a solar panel of 20 watts using the charge controller. In another instance the lead from the dead battery can be recycled into solar cells.

If unsure about how to use the dead car battery, please ensure that it is disposed /recycled properly. The best way is to always return it to your mechanic or service provider who will in turn see to that, it is recycled properly.

The heavy metals in the battery may pollute the environment to a greater extent. It can pollute the air and water around us. Nearly 90% of the heavy metals and toxic chemicals in lead-acid batteries can be recycled.  Thus, if unsure about how to use the dead car battery, please ensure that it is disposed /recycled properly.

Car Batteries: A guide to the common man

Whenever we do a research to buy a car battery, we get lost in the ocean of information.  I am trying to clear that up in this blog.  Let me start with explaining on how these car batteries work in the first place. These batteries are lead acid batteries. I am not going too technical, but will try to fulfil the purpose of my blog.

The commercial use of batteries is over 100 years old. The Chemical energy principal which saves energy is used in the car batteries as well.

Imagine that your battery is a piggy bank. If you keep taking out without putting anything back into it, you will be left with nothing. In the present day the chassis battery requirements are huge.  All the electronics require a reliable source of power and a poor battery can cause expensive component failure.

A car battery has to provide power to loads of electrical things within the car. That is pretty much huge. Without a battery, the car won’t start.

A chemical reaction which was mentioned earlier puts the car in action: The battery converts chemical energy into the electrical energy to power the car, which delivers voltage to start the car.

Keep the electric current steady: It also stabilizes the voltage (energy supply) to keep your engine running.

The car battery might be small, but the power it gives is huge.