You can evaluate your batteries, revive those underperforming, and nearly quadruple the lifespan of the average automobile, golf cart, or medical home battery with simple equipment like a multimeter.

Battery problems rarely arrive out of nowhere. Long before a car refuses to start or a phone dies at 20 percent, small ...

EZ Battery Recondition is a Program designed to help people spend less money and time on batteries. The course offers step-by-step directions and clear diagrams to help you recondition over 10 types ...

Next to buying new tires and the many maintenance items required to keep a car running, replacing the 12V battery is one of the costliest. Unlike a basic oil change that costs $35 for regular mineral ...

Oconomowoc-based Silver Lake Auto Center Inc. recently started offering a service that reconditions the batteries in older hybrid vehicles to restore their efficiency and performance to like-new. Its ...

️ Editor's note: This article was updated with new information in December 2025. Dead batteries are a predictable reality for any car that spends more time parked than driven. Battery discharge does ...

Testing your battery regularly will prevent a dead battery from ruining your day. There’s only one way to answer the question, “Is it my battery, or something else” when your car won’t start: Hook up ...

Every battery needs a 12-volt car battery, even that newfangled electric car you're driving around. 12-volt car batteries continue to be the biggest part of the $100-billion auto battery market, and ...