Are you a fan of Optima Batteries? Need a new battery for your car or boat for summer? Then now may be the time to buy. For the month of June, Optima, the leader in high-performance batteries and ...

Battery chargers have been around since the first automotive batteries. This ubiquitous garage appliance doesn't get a lot of thought, and most purchases of battery chargers happen in the sordid ...

Dead batteries. It’s a common problem with equipment and vehicles that sit for extended periods of time without being run. I know was an issue with the portable generator in my garage, which I forget ...

Chances are, your garage houses three or four different batteries. You’ve got the battery in your daily driver, another in your vintage Mustang, and probably a few more in your lawn tractor, personal ...

️ 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 ...

Few Canadian drivers ever thought of needing a battery maintainer just a few years back, but with the multitude of electronics and computer modules packed into today’s vehicles, all drawing power to ...

Battery chargers have been around since the first automotive batteries. This ubiquitous garage appliance doesn't get a lot of thought, and most purchases of battery chargers happen in the sordid ...

A half-dozen batteries sit on a pallet on the shop floor headed for the recycler. All six considered “dead” by the normal standards because none would take a charge — or the shop’s battery charger ...