Battery load tester?

You can take'm all away, except my voltmeters.
Once I learned to read a voltmeter (under many conditions) that's all I really "need".

#2 load tester (has its place)
#3 I'd like to get an impedence tester (do some experimenting)

hydrometer never made the list

acker1 wrote:
Thanks for the replies so far. Still searching for the 'right' one.

DICK

My takeaway- there is no "one". In order of acquiring, I would use hydrometer -> load bank -> impedance meter.

I also use the big 3 (carbon pile, hydrometer, impedance). The impedance meter is most useful (IMHO) when used to chart battery performance from new.

Thanks for the replies so far. Still searching for the 'right' one.

DICK

Sticks and stones...I tried to resist but the "Every which way but loose" overpowered me...

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Did you open it's mouth and look at it's teeth?

You're a perfect example of a first class idiot !

Please, don't reply to any of my posts ever again. !

Did you open it's mouth and look at it's teeth?

I can remember more than once bringing a problem battery that tested good in every which way but loose, back for warranty, but being afraid they would say it is good, but their electronic testers found the problem both times.

That makes sense, but certainly better than nothing........

BATTERY THAT WOULD SHOW HIGH IMPEDENCE therefore testing clearly BAD

But Wait!

There's More!

Some plate to plate dendrites making "Bad" even worse. But impedence-wise, pulling the wool over the eyes of the impedence meter.

Don't get sold a-bill-of-goods that such meters are foolproof. Each protocol of battery testing has strengths and weaknesses. Using two of the three protocols reduces error by a factor of perhaps, tenfold.