PCE Health and Fitness PCE-CBA 20 User Manual

PCE Health and Fitness PCE-CBA 20 User Manual

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PCE-CBA 20 Car Battery Tester
User manuals in various languages (français,
italiano, español, português, nederlands, türk, polski,
русский, 中文) can be found by using our
product search on: www.pce-instruments.com
Last change: 28 December 2020
v1.0
© PCE Instruments

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  • Page 1 User Manual PCE-CBA 20 Car Battery Tester User manuals in various languages (français, italiano, español, português, nederlands, türk, polski, русский, 中文) can be found by using our product search on: www.pce-instruments.com Last change: 28 December 2020 v1.0 © PCE Instruments...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Safety notes ................... 1 Specifications ..................1 Delivery contents .................. 2 System description ................2 Operation ....................2 Battery capacity ........................ 3 Battery voltage at engine start ..................5 Charging voltage at maximum load .................. 6 Charging voltage ......................7 Comparison charts ................
  • Page 3: Safety Notes

    Safety notes Please read this manual carefully and completely before you use the device for the first time. The device may only be used by qualified personnel and repaired by PCE Instruments personnel. Damage or injuries caused by non-observance of the manual are excluded from our liability and not covered by our warranty.
  • Page 4: Delivery Contents

    Delivery contents 1 x car battery tester PCE-CBA 20 1 x user manual System description ① ⑥ Display Test lead red plus ② ⑦ △ Test lead black minus ③ ⑧ Back „ESC“ Crocodile clamps ④ ▽ Down ⑤ ENTER...
  • Page 5: Battery Capacity

    Battery capacity Switch off the engine and the ignition. If the vehicle was in operation immediately before the battery test, the battery voltage is still at charging voltage level. In this case, switch on the vehicle lights for approx. 3 minutes to bring the battery voltage up to normal level.
  • Page 6 Confirm the selection and start the measurement with "ENTER". After completion of the test, the following results are available: cold cranking amperage, internal resistance of the battery and battery voltage. Use the "Up / Down" keys to view the results. Notes on the test results Battery capacity normal Battery voltage –...
  • Page 7: Battery Voltage At Engine Start

    Examples Replace battery when capacity is too low Charge battery when the battery capacity is OK and the voltage is too low Charge battery and measure again if battery capacity is 75 % and voltage is too low You can return to the function selection by pressing the ”ESC“ key. Battery voltage at engine start Turn off the engine and the ignition.
  • Page 8: Charging Voltage At Maximum Load

    Start the engine. The unit displays the battery voltage before and the lowest voltage during the start-up process. The lowest voltage during the start-up process should not fall below 9.6 V for one battery (12 V) and 16 V for two batteries (24 V). Reference chart starting voltage >10.7 V good...
  • Page 9: Charging Voltage

    Select function 3 with the "Up / Down" keys and confirm with "ENTER". The unit displays the current charging voltage, the minimum measured charging voltage and the target voltage at maximum load. The minimum charging voltage at maximum load should not fall below 12.80 V for one battery (12 V system) and 25.60 V for two batteries (24 V system).
  • Page 10: Comparison Charts

    After completion of the test, the following results are available: Target value charging voltage, maximum value charging voltage and maximum limit value and target value charging voltage, minimum value charging voltage and minimum limit value. Use the "Up / Down" keys to view the results. The maximum charging voltage should not exceed 15.00 V for one battery (12 V system) and 30.00 V for two batteries (24 V system).
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  • Page 12: Din En

    34B19LS 80D26L NX110-5L NS40ZALS 46B26LS 145G51L N150L 1100 48D26R 280 360 150F51R NT200-12 48D26L N50L 280 360 150F51L NT200-12L 50D20R 310 380 165G51R NS200 50D20L 310 380 165G51L NS200L 50D23R 85BR60K 170F51R NX250-12 1045 50D23L 85B60K 170F51L NX250-12L 1045 50B24R NT80-S6 180G51R NT250-15...
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  • Page 14: Warranty

    56111 55048 70029 70038 70027 1050 56218 56092 70036 68040 68021 56219 56216 71014 71015 1150 56220 72512 1150 56225 56323 73011 1200 56318 56312 56311 Warranty You can read our warranty terms in our General Business Terms which you can find here: https://www.pce-instruments.com/english/terms.
  • Page 15 PCE Instruments contact information Germany France Spain PCE Deutschland GmbH PCE Instruments France EURL PCE Ibérica S.L. Im Langel 4 23, rue de Strasbourg Calle Mayor, 53 D-59872 Meschede 67250 Soultz-Sous-Forets 02500 Tobarra (Albacete) Deutschland France España Tel.: +49 (0) 2903 976 99 0 Téléphone: +33 (0) 972 3537 17 Tel.

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