Battery load tester?
Anyone have experience with these? Best ones for a reasonable price? Thanks DICK
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A followup- I bought the HF battery analyzer- it *seems* to be doing a good job, though I need a bad battery to be sure. Tested the 9 Full River DC115-12 batteries, first with the cheapo 100 amp load tester- all tested fine. Then tested with the HF- you hook it up, enter the CCA capacity, it hems and haws for a minute, then gives voltage, resistance, percent of capacity remaining, entered CCA and calculated CCA. Every battery tested out at above rated capacity (770 CCA).
So- looks neat, if it is accurate, it could be handy. On the other hand- the readings could be off simply because these are AGM batteries. The customer said they were not lasting as long as usual, but we've added 12 volt loads, and when I checked, the charging algorithm had been changed to gel, from custom, so the batteries were not being fully charged at all.
So- looks neat, if it is accurate, it could be handy. On the other hand- the readings could be off simply because these are AGM batteries. The customer said they were not lasting as long as usual, but we've added 12 volt loads, and when I checked, the charging algorithm had been changed to gel, from custom, so the batteries were not being fully charged at all.
