Battery Load Tester

maxwell11 wrote:
The motor on my 2005 Dodge diesel was not kicking over as fast as it had been the last few days.

got back from Christmas vacation and it would not start,

I disconnected each positive lead from the batteries and charged up each battery.
next day took it down to the auto parts store to get the batteries check as they were installed on October 2011.

Sales clerk disconnected one positive clamp, then using a Battery Load Tester checked both batteries, both batteries test bad under load.

so I bought new batteries. but got $60 rebate on the old ones.

however, after I got home I got to thinking,

even thought he showed me they failed on his "battery load test machine"

I really did not understand why they were still starting my truck after the battery recharge I gave them the night before, if they wre bad.

also, if one battery had gone bad, what was the likely hood, both batteries were bad???????????

however, if one was bad I was going to change both out for new batteries.

I am now thinking about buying me one of those Battery load test machines.

anyone else have one and use it,

was I taken in on the old bad battery load test trick, maybe I should have had him test these new batteries I bought on his machine, before I left the premises ??????

ah well, the old truck starts fine now with plenty of zip,