USER’S MANUAL Safety precautions Batteries usually contain toxic and corrosive chemicals, please kindly avoid battery overcharge, short circuit, leakage and so on. Before using this product, please learn and comply with the using rules of the batteries. •When working with batteries, you need to have plenty of ventilation, remove your jewelry, wear protective eyewear (safety glasses) and clothing, and exercise caution.
USER’S MANUAL 1.Product Summary 1.1 Product Profile BA100 Battery Tester adopts currently the world's most advanced conductance testing technology to easily, quickly and accurately measure the actual cold cranking amps capability of the vehicle starting battery, healthy state of the battery itself, which can help maintenance personnel to find the problem quickly and accurately, thus to achieve quick vehicle repair.
USER’S MANUAL 1.3 Technical Parameters 1. Cold Cranking Amps Measure Range: Measure Standard Measure Range 100-2000 100-2000 100-2000 100-2000 26A17--245H52 100-1400 100-1400 100-2000 100-2000 100-1400 2. Voltage Measure Range: 6-30V DC 1.4 Working Environment Requirement Working Environment Temp.: -20°C-60°C It is applicable for DIYers mostly, also for automotive manufacturers, automotive maintenance and repair workshops, automotive battery factories, automotive battery distributors, and shi p manufacturers, shi p maintenance and repair workshops, etc.
USER’S MANUAL 2. Tester Structure 2.1 Tool Description 1.LCD DISPLAY --Indicates test results. It is a backlit 2-line display with 8 characters on each line. 2.ENTER BUTTON --Confirms a selection (or action) from a menu list, or returns to the main menu. 3.SCROLL BUTTON --Scrolls throug h menu items or cancel an operation .
USER’S MANUAL 2. 3 Battery Voltage Explanation Normally, It is impossible for the voltage of the battery after charged to show 100%, The max value is 98% Charged 98% Above 12.59V 75% 12.45V 50% 12.15V Discharged below 12.00V 3. Operating Instructions 3.1 Before Test 3.1.1 Notice before test For testing batteries of low-frequency use, it is necessary to cycle (charge...
USER’S MANUAL 3.1.2 Connecting the Analyzer Before Testing Before the test, please use the wire brush and alkaline cleaner clean battery pole column, as well as grease and dust have error on test results. At the start of the test, to ensure that all of the car electronics has closed the door closed, and the ignition key is turned off.
USER’S MANUAL 3.3 Battery Test Enter the main menu, there are two sub-menus: ANALYZER and LANGAUGE, as below, they can swift by pressing SCROLL button MENU: 1. ANALYZER MENU: 2. LANGAUGE 3.3.1 Out off Vehicle & In Vehicle Use "SCROLL" to choose battery's in actual position. After confirmation, put "ENTER"...
Follow the battery actually marked Rating System standards and select the input rated capacity battery rated by SCROLL button. BA100 battery tester will test each battery according to the selected system and rating. Use SCROLL key to select according to the actual system standard and rating marked on the battery.
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USER’S MANUAL CCA: Cold start current value of the most common specifications developed by the SAE & BCI, is the most common starting battery rated O ° F (-18 ° C). BCI: International Battery Standards Committee. CA: Effective starting current rating at O ° C. MCA: Marine Battery Standard, Effective starting current rating at O °...
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USER’S MANUAL Measure Standard Measure Range 100-2000 100-2000 100-2000 100-2000 26A17--245H52 100-1400 100-1400 100-2000 100-2000 100-1400 Choose the rig ht measure standard, press ENTER, then come up the below menu. Rated 500A CCA Press SCROLL to increase or reduce 5 units, then to the rig ht rated volume, if wanto change it, press SCROLL button last to 3 seconds, then it will come as below menu, press SCROLL again, then turn to the opposite mark.
USER’S MANUAL If the battery does not show the standard in the label, please select CCA; If the battery does not mark the rating value, please take 7 times of Quantity of electric charge as reference value, such as 12V, 60AH, then input 60 * 7 = 420 CCA;...
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USER’S MANUAL As the battery test results to The battery test data to determine the battery condition description: 1. Healthy>60%, Voltage>12.4V-- Good battery 2. Healthy>60%, Voltage<12.4V-- Good, Recharge 3. Healthy<60%, Voltage>12.4V-- Replace 4. Healthy<60%, Voltage<12.4V-- Charge, Retest Battery test result includes 5 types as following: 1) Good Battery INTERNAL 12.64 V...
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USER’S MANUAL The battery is without any problem, please be relaxed to use! (Healthy>60%, Voltage>12.4V) 2) Good, Recharge 12.20 V INTERNAL 440 CCA R= 7.2 m Ω 78% OF HEALTHY CHARGE GOOD RECHARGE Good battery but low current, recharge before using. (Healthy>60%, Voltage>12.4V) AUTO BATTERY TESTER 15...
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USER’S MANUAL 3) Replace 12.68 V INTERNAL 340 CCA R=18.1 m Ω 46% OF HEALTHY CHARGE REPLACE The battery is near to or already reached the end of the using life, replace battery, otherwise, bigger danger will be followed. Healthy<60%, Voltage>12.4V AUTO BATTERY TESTER...
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USER’S MANUAL 4) Bad Cell, Replace 10.64 V INTERNAL 0 CCA R=45.2 m Ω 0% OF HEALTHY CHARGE BAD CELL REPLACE Battery interior damaged, broken cell or short circuit, replace battery. (Healthy=0, Voltage<12.4V, Electric Current=0A or 0CCA) AUTO BATTERY TESTER 17...
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USER’S MANUAL 5) Charge, Retest 12.08 V INTERNAL 310 CCA R= 30.1 m Ω 39% OF HEALTHY CHARGE CHARGE RETEST Unstable battery shall be recharged and retested to avoid error. If same test result appears after recharge and retest, the battery is regarded as damaged, replace the battery.
USER’S MANUAL 3.3.4 24V system testing. It should not be tested on 24V directly. It will cause damage the unit. For 12V x 2 batteries (in series or parallel), disconnect the connections and test them individually. The battery in parallel must be disconnected from the negative connection, and then tested on a single battery.
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