There are only more than ten days before the 2023 Lunar New Year, and as the epidemic prevention policy continues to be relaxed, I believe that there should be no fewer friends who will go home for the New Year this year.
Of course, driving home directly is a way, but there are still too many uncertainties on the road, and if you really encounter a traffic jam, it will be quite delayed, so the high-speed rail bullet train is still the first choice.
Since you don't drive home, will your car just stop like that? This is obviously not possible, after all, the entire Spring Festival cycle is about half a month smaller, no one wants to come back to work after the festival and suddenly find that there are various problems with the car, right?
So today, I will provide you with some suggestions to correctly "seal" your car and celebrate the New Year with peace of mind.
Prepare the hood and park in the underground garage as much as possible
First, let's start with where to park. Usually, we may need to use a car every day, and if there is no ownership parking space, it can only rely on robbery. Some parking spaces can be parked, but they are not necessarily suitable for "long" parking, such as parking spaces under large trees.
The car is parked under the tree, it is likely to encounter the "baptism" of gum and guano, these things fall on the surface of the body, if it can be cleaned in time, the problem is not big, but if you encounter the Spring Festival situation, ten days do not move the car, do not wash the car, gum, guano fell to the surface of the car paint, over time can corrode the car paint.
In addition, in winter, the wind is strong and there are many leaves, and the trees in many communities will not have special road departments to maintain them like trees on public roads. Therefore, if the car is parked under the big tree like this, then these fallen leaves will continue to fall, and the leaves will rot when it rains, and sticking to the car body will also corrode the car paint.
In particular, I remind everyone that if the fallen leaves happen to fall on the inside of the engine cover, if they are not cleaned for a long time, it may also lead to blockage of the drainage holes, causing rainwater in the front of the car to be irrigated, and the consequences are very serious.
Therefore, Xiaobian suggests that everyone give priority to parking their cars in underground garages during the Spring Festival, and if you can only park ground parking spaces, then you should try to find parking spaces with flat terrain and no big trees. Of course, after parking the car, you also need to prepare a suitable cover and confirm that it is fixed to prevent the wind from blowing away.
Remove the electrical appliances in the car, and the battery can be disconnected from the negative electrode
Second, let's talk about batteries. The engine starts, the air conditioner in the car, multimedia audio-visual, dashcam, etc., it can be said that everything in the car depends on the battery. Usually we often drive, the battery is actually in a healthy state all the time, but if we don't drive for more than ten days, then be careful that the battery loses power.
Perhaps everyone knows that the car battery is most afraid of low temperature and long-term non-charging, and it is precisely the Spring Festival that is such a "precise stepping point". After the vehicle has not been turned on for more than ten days, although it is in a state of shutdown, some equipment in the car is still consuming the power in the battery. For example, the clock in the car machine, the driving recorder, the vehicle's central anti-theft system and so on.
Maybe some friends think, how much power can this thing consume, can it be so fussy? In fact, when we put the car still, the electrical equipment mentioned above will bring about 20mA current consumption.
Usually, ordinary family cars can support such losses for about 3 months, but due to the influence of the external environment and the number of years of battery use, the consumption rate of battery power is actually less than 3 months.
And when the power in the battery is less than one-third, your car can basically only lie down and wait for door-to-door electric rescue. Therefore, in order to prevent such embarrassment when using the car after the holiday, Xiaobian recommends that you do two things after parking:
First, remove all electrical appliances in the car, such as the charging head plugged into the cigarette lighter, unplug the dashcam charging cable, etc.;
Second, the negative pole on the battery is directly disconnected, which can ensure that the battery does not run out.
Electric vehicles are parked for a long time, be careful of battery and tire pressure
If you are a new energy vehicle owner, I believe you should not choose to drive home for the Spring Festival, after all, no one wants to wait in long lines for charging, right. So how should new energy vehicles, especially pure electric vehicles, be reasonably parked during the Spring Festival?
First of all, let's talk about the battery, which is the most critical part of new energy vehicles after all. However, the battery power of new energy vehicles is not as full as possible, because the current power battery part uses ternary lithium batteries, if the power is overcharged before long-term parking, then the lithium element inside the battery may be too active and make the battery pack bulge.
On the contrary, the battery power cannot be too low, but the new energy vehicle cannot directly disconnect the negative pole of the battery like ordinary fuel vehicles, so the electrical equipment in the car will still consume part of the power.
Therefore, Xiaobian recommends that you charge the battery to about 80% before going home, preferably not less than 40%, so as to effectively maintain the durability of the battery.
Secondly, let's talk about tires, as we all know that due to structural design problems, the weight of the battery pack is very large, which leads to the overall mass of the vehicle becoming larger, which puts more pressure on the four tires that land on the ground.
Coupled with the low average temperature in winter, the tire will go faster, so it is recommended that you can re-pump the four tires before going home, of course, do not overdo it, as long as it returns to the tire pressure value recommended by the manufacturer.
Finally, to sum up, or that sentence, the car is generally broken, if the car to stand for a period of time, you must remember to make various preparations in advance to ensure that the chain will not fall off after the holiday.