No need to jumpstart your engine with CTEK CS Free

One of the worst things that could happen when you get inside your car is it not starting because of a dead battery. Most people would go and look for jumper cables and someone else to help them jumpstart their car using another car’s battery. While it is usually a quick and easy process, jump-starting your vehicle may actually cause damage to its sensitive electronics which may then lead to expensive and unwanted repairs, as well as causing lasting damage to its battery. That shouldn’t be a problem with CTEK CS Free.

Just to get it out there, today’s modern vehicles have more than 200 mini-computers, or ECUs, performing a range of tasks from engine management to controlling air conditioning, lights, and parking sensors. These computer systems have a sensitive level of around 16 volts, but jump-starting the lead-acid battery on your car causes a surge of power of up to 20 volts. This sudden spike in voltage can quite easily blow one of these ECUs.

When you jump-start a car, the battery booster pack, or if you are using jump leads, the battery on the connected vehicle acts as a power reservoir to get the engine started, temporarily bypassing the drained battery. Once the engine is running and you disconnect the booster pack or jump leads, the alternator suddenly sees an empty battery and instantly reacts by opening the floodgates to refill it. This massive rise in current creates a spike in voltage and this is what can cause the damage.

Jump-starting a car also means that the alternator is delivering current at a higher rate than the battery can handle. This causes the battery to heat up, bending the battery plates, leading to the shedding of active material (lead dioxide), and causing a build-up of debris at the bottom of the battery. This damage will reduce the efficiency of your battery and possibly its lifespan, making earlier replacement necessary.

Safe starting with the CTEK CS FREE

The safest way to get your car started if you find yourself with a dead battery is to use a device that can assess the health of the battery and then intelligently apply a gradual charge.

CTEK’s fully portable CS FREE uses patented adaptive boost technology to get you going again in around 15 minutes.

This is completely safe for your vehicle’s electronics, because the CS FREE gently refills the battery with charge and will let you know when it’s safe to start the car. When the CS FREE is disconnected, the battery is already half full, so the alternator only raises charge slightly, and within safe limits, to top up the battery.

The CS FREE is actually composed of four products in one portable unit. As well as being an adaptive booster, CS FREE also works as a battery charger, a smart maintainer and high tech power bank. And if you use the CS FREE to charge your battery on a regular basis, you can actually extend battery life by up to three times.

The CTEK CS FREE is compatible with all types of 12V lead-acid battery as well as lithium (12V LiFePO4) batteries.

If you’re interested in the CTEK CS FREE, you can grab more information on the official CTEK Philippines Facebook and Instagram pages, or order directly on their official Lazada (LazMall) and Shopee online stores.