HYDROMETERS?

RJsfishin wrote:
I know exactly what a hydro tells you. But the point being, what good is it except it tells you the battery is junk? I will do w/ a volt meter anything you can do w/ a hydro ! And I will do w/ a load tester that you cannot do w/ a hydro. And I will test an AGM, which you cannot do w/ a hydro.
You have never seen all the cells perfect on a hydro, but yet fail a load test bigtime ?? I have, many many times.

Battery testing is like going to see a doctor for an illness or a physiscal. You start with the basics, and then proceed to more elaborate and expensive tests when or if the basics do not yield conclusive evidence. So it is with battery testing for Lead Acid batteries. The hydrometer is the first and most basic set of tests. The quick and dirty. A volt meter and a load pile tester won't tell you that your cells need equalizing, or which cell is low, will it?

Don't be such a curmudgeon, RJ. Have a couple of cups of some Mickey D's coffee first, digest it, then post up. ;) Maybe sanitize that wiring for all your gauges, so things don't burn down, something I never have to worry about with a hydrometer.