How to test auxiliary batteries for amperage?
I need a way to test a pair of six volt Trojan 105's wired in series and setting in my shop. Has anyone a method of amp testing batteries that are on the bench? I can't think of anything 12 volt tha...
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Usually the Interstate battery Distributors have an 800-amp Auto Meter adjustable carbon pile load tester. The distributor. The guy with the trucks.
Harbor Fright sells 500 amp adjustable carbon pile testers.
NiChrome wire was killer expensive back in the early eighties. I shudder to think what 10-gauge costs now. Then it has to be spiraled ultra slowly on a lathe jig. I used 4x8 sheets of linen bakelite for load bank platforms. Yuk.
Harbor Fright sells 500 amp adjustable carbon pile testers.
NiChrome wire was killer expensive back in the early eighties. I shudder to think what 10-gauge costs now. Then it has to be spiraled ultra slowly on a lathe jig. I used 4x8 sheets of linen bakelite for load bank platforms. Yuk.
