Start Stop Car Battery
Replacement

Why do I need a Stop-Start Battery?

Stop-start engine systems are becoming a common feature on most new vehicles but what is a start-stop system and how do you know if your car has this technology?

It’s a fairly easy system to understand. When your car comes to a stop at traffic lights or a junction a stop-start engine system cuts the engine off, (rather than idling). Take your foot off the brake and the engine comes back to life again and off you go - it's a clever system.

Whilst this advancement in engine technology is great for saving on fuel bills and helping to reduce pollution, the start-stop system is not as good news for the standard car battery. In fact, it is asking the battery to work quite a bit harder.

A standard car battery – a lead-acid flooded battery (or SLI Battery) is designed to give the engine enough starting power a handful of times a day. A start-stop system demands the same task be performed hundreds of times a day. That is hard work on a Battery. and it is not just that constant start-start power that’s needed either.

Just as in any other vehicle, when the engine is not running, everything else you want to use – from the infotainment systems to lights, from the air conditioning to a phone charger – gets its power from the battery. That sort of combined heavy lifting requires a battery designed to cope with the increased demand and that’s where the start-stop battery comes in.

There are a number of different technologies when it comes to Batteries designed for Stop/Start applications and it can be daunting for consumers.  Such as Advanced Flooded Battery (AFB) or Enhanced Flooded Battery (EFB) or Absorbent Glass Mat (AGM) batteries amongst others. Installing the wrong technology Battery into your car can cause your battery to fail faster and ultimately cause your car to breakdown and you need Roadside Assistance.

Fortunately, you don’t need to worry, ensuring the correct type of battery to suit your vehicle is correctly installed is our job.  You can be confident our team of professional battery installers understand what battery is right for your vehicle type. It's just another reason to leave it to the experts and get your battery delivered and fitted at home, at the office or at the roadside.

Battery Response Deliver and Install Replacement Stop/Start Batteries anywhere, anytime for all cars, trucks and 4 wheel drive vehicles fitted with hybrid and start/stop engine technologies – in most cases under 50 minutes. Our Stop/Start Car Batteries are available in Enhanced Flooded Battery (EFB) and Absorbed Glass Mat (AGM) to cover every application.

We even offer Complimentary Roadside Assistance on our range of Premium Car Batteries!