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Already understand the ins and outs of battery and difference. Let fully discussed also an important part of the battery. Moreover, the function of wet type battery (conventional), hybrid and dry (maintenance free), each supplying electric current to the motor electrical components.

This information is very important for motorcycle owners better understand the duties and functions of the battery, especially when performing maintenance can also find a good battery condition or is damaged. The following parts:

1. Battery Box: Serves as a house or a container of battery components consisting of a liquid battery, the positive plate and negative plate follows the separator.

2. Tutup battery: Being on top, cover the battery serves as a water filling opening the battery cover into the recesses. So that the battery is not easily spilled. In particular there is no dry storage battery components. Even so there should not be opened.

3. Ventilation openings: For the conventional type is on the side above and there slangnya. Serves to separate the hydrogen gas from sulfuric acid as well as battery water evaporation channel. Who’s the type of MF, hydrogen gas is conditioned again become fluid so it does not need ventilation holes.

4. Sheet metal: Consists of positive and negative plates. For the positive plate is made of metal lead preoksida (Pbo2). While the negative plate is made of metal only lead (Pb).

5. Water Battery: Made from a mixture of water (H2O) and sulfuric acid (SO4).

6. Separator: Located between positive and negative plates, separators assigned to separate or insulate the positive and negative plates so as not to intersect each other which can cause short-circuiting short alias.

7. Cell: Is the room in the container form boxes that contain a liquid battery, positive and negative plates follows the seperator.

8. Battery terminals: Both are above the container, because it is the end of the series of plates that will be connected to the load currents and other kinds of lights. This section consists of the positive and negative.

Brake fluid, oil “power steering”, glass cleaner water, and water storage battery are four types of liquids which do not relate directly to the work machine. However, hole filling and tube reservoir fluids are located in the engine room. Therefore, every car owner should routinely perform “ritual” opening the hood to check the condition of these fluids.

Brake fluid
Brake fluid or brake oil became the most important fluid after water radiator and transmission oil. After cooling the engine to work with both, and the car moves with the teeth of the transmission lubrication eligible, the cars need for speed reduction devices to stop or run out of control.

Hydraulic brake fluid Oil which serves as a forward driver’s foot pressure on brake pedal to the brake calipers on four wheels. Without this fluid, brake did not work. Brake fluid is needed on the disc brake system (disc-brake). However, because no direct contact with machines, people usually underestimate.

Function as a successor to the power press brake, making brake fluid should be made of material that is not compressed and high temperature resistant. Generally, brake fluid made of glycol although some are made of silicon.

Glycol is hygroscopic aka absorb water. If allowed in a long time, brake fluid will absorb moisture from the air in the vicinity. The danger is greater than water are stacked brake tension because the symptoms of “false air” or vapor lock. Vapor lock occurs when the brakes are forced to work hard, to arise very high heat and boil water content in brake fluid. Boiling water changes into water vapor in the form of compressed gas.

When this water vapor formed in the hydraulic system, then instead of pressing the brake calipers to reduce the car’s speed, power press and hydraulic systems to compress the gas will be exhausted this. Although the brake pedal is pressed down, the brakes will not function. Brake fluid must be drained every 10,000 miles or about
once a year.

“Power steering” Lubricant / Oil
power steering (PS) lubricant / oil is required on cars that use the power steering hydraulic system. PS In addition to the hydraulic system, some small car production utilizing the latest PS-driven electric power system.

PS help the movement system to the steering wheel of the car becomes lighter. In the PS system hydraulic power assistance in the form of force that comes from the spin machine and forwarded PS oil. Even though the same function as hydraulic fluid, specifications and characteristics are different from the PS oil brake oil, can not be exchanged until use.

In addition to using special oil-PS, this system also can be filled automatic transmission oil (automatic transmission fluid / ATF). Usually used for oil PS ATF Dexron II or Dexron categorized III.

Always read the car manual to see oil specification PS is needed. Some car manufacturers such as Honda, oil specification requires special PS different from other cars.

Power steering oil should be drained and replaced every 40,000 to 50,000 km or two years. PS oil surface elevation in the reservoir tube should be checked. The surface of this liquid should be between the maximum and minimum.

The contents of oil exceeds the maximum limit could disrupt oil circulation, whereas below the minimum threshold to damage the oil pump. If the volume of oil continues to decrease, meaning there is a leak in the hydraulic system. Cars must be immediately taken to a special workshop PS.

Water cleaning glass
Glass cleaning fluid is important because it relates to the driver’s visibility. Dirty car glass can interfere with vision and concentration of the driver. Glass cleaner water tube should not only filled with water, but also fluid-containing detergent additive. The function of these additives such as soap, cleaning the dirt on the glass.

Water battery
Water battery needed a car that uses long-tech batteries, which contain a liquid electrolyte. Most new cars use the so-called maintenance-free batteries (maintenance free / MF) or popular with the battery dry.

In the old model battery, battery electrolyte solution to maintain chemical reaction occurs between electrical elements that resulted in electricity storage function. When the electrolyte solution decreases, electrical elements of the battery can be damaged and not functioning.

If the battery does not function, the resulting electric car alternator can not be saved. In fact, the electricity needed to power the engine. Therefore, the electrolyte solution must always be between the limits Upper Level and Lower Level which are listed on the wall of the battery. If less, add water battery.

There are two types of water storage battery, namely pure water (usually marked with a blue bottle cap) and the solution Battery. Battery required during early operation of the new battery. Acid solution is dangerous when exposed clothing or skin and can be fatal if swallowed. Be careful when you carry and pour. After a battery operated and the solution was reduced, add the water containing the blue battery cover pure water (Aquadestilata or distilled water).