(File Photo of the AAA East Central Logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Rochester, PA) The AAA branch office in Rochester will host AAA’s free Battery Wellness Clinic on Thursday, October 16th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This is for residents of the Pittsburgh area or others that need their car battery and electrical systems checked. Attendees of this event can buy batteries on-site if needed and technicians at this event will determine if the batteries of attendees have enough strength to endure the cold months of winter. According to AAA, summer heat breaks down the components inside a car’s battery, which can lead to battery failure during cold weather and dead batteries are the number one reason for service calls. Over 270,000 battery-related calls are what the AAA East Central office responds to each year.