Would it test a battery with 1030 CCA?? I see its only rated to test up to 1000
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I would think that the slight overage would be OK - only 3% . The resistor pack is only used for up to 10 seconds. (And it does get warm in that time.) Unless your battery is very newly manufactured, the actual CCA will be less than the claimed rating anyway. This is not really a precision instrument, but a device to let you know the general health (lack of sulfation, etc.) of a battery. It would be quite useful if you tested the battery every 6 months, for example, and kept a record of the reading. This will give a clear indication of when the battery is near the end of life.
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From what I understand about batteries, this applies 100Amp load and shows you the voltage. I believe it is "rated" for 1000CCA because since most batteries are 400-800CCA you are stressing it at 10 - 25% of capacity. This amount gives it enough load to show marginal bad conditions, whereas putting 100 Amps on say a 2000CCA battery only loads it 5%. It is not going to hurt the tester, but would not stress the battery enough to show a bad battery.
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Ought to do just fine. 30CCA is within rounding error on 1000CCA and the scale is just painted on the face, the needle is free to go beyond 1000. I've had a couple of tests where I exceeded 1000 with no ill effects. That said, I wouldn't try it on a 1500 CCA battery
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My conservative side says no- if it's rated for 1000CCA, then stick with the manufacturers suggestion. You may void warranties, etc., by exceeding advertised capacities.However, I suspect that it has a bit of cushion built in, and you won't hurt it by (barely) going over 1000CCA. I question the accuracy of devices at their extremes of their scaling, but for this unit, you are not necessarily looking at a specific number, rather, you just ensure that the needle is within a certain range on the scale.
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The internal load is configured to displace approximately 12 volts for a few seconds so you could use it without harming the instrument but the indicating scale is limited to 1000. This device and others like it are good basic indicators of battery condition but not exactly precision instruments so I don't think the difference between 1000 and 1030 would be discernable even if it had a higher scale, just use the 1000 and visually interpolate slightly upscale.
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It measures to .01amps. I use it for that very reason and suceesfully found a short on a 12v gmc van.
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Absolutely! Matter of fact this multi-tester is so powerful, handy and easy to use, and with auto range feature; for instant, if you want to test your battery, just slide the switch to volt and read voltage instantly. This one is always in my pocket, every time when I want to test something quick, am always grab this one instead of my other big and expensive ones. My son always wants to borrow this little one for his robot project. Trust me, you will love it.
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This is NOT a load test device. Its Load indicator light will turn amber if the battery cannot maintain voltage. The Carbon Pile Load Tester by Cen-Tech, Item #91129 may be what you're looking for. It's about fifty dollars.
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Yes, that is what the meter does, to clarify it tells you the CCA that the battery is capable of in its present condition, it does not tell you what the CCA of the battery was capable of when manufactured. It also does not tell you battery capacity. Someone else said no, that is a wrong answer as stated
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https://www.1000bulbs.com/pdf/zts-mbt1-specs.pdf I don't see any mentioning on testing 5 volt batteries according to the specs on the manufacturers website-see pdf link above. I would call them to be sure - might be able to use the 6 volt setting but would not be accurate. I bought mine for standard batteries. The only info I have is what came with the unit which is the same info that is on their website
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I Believe CA and CCA are equivalent. The BA5 tester I purchased performs well, I borrowed a friend's very expensive professional battery tester and the BA5 returned almost identical results on several batteries.
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From what I can see, it looks like it will test the same variety of batteries, but just a heads up on button cell batteries, on the BAT-200 it will test the 1.5v button cell correctly. But it looks like the 3v button cell battery will register but the needle is maxed out and not reading battery is good, it's just pegged out, I'm just waiting for one of my 3v button cell's to get weak so I can test it and compare results with a volt/ohm meter.
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Yes, set it on the 20V scale to measure the car battery voltage since the batter voltage is nominally 12 VDC. It would be hard to use it to learn much more about your battery. Battery weakness would show up under heavy load when high current is being pulled out of it. Voltage for a weak battery would dip under such a condition but this would hard to create without sophisticated test equipment. You can get your battery tested for free at places like Auto Zone.
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It should work fine as long as the voltage of the Lithium Battery is not more than what is measured by the checker. Anything over 1.5 could give you a false reading I'm guessing because a standard battery is only 1.2 volt assuming you are talking about AA or AAA batteries.
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This tester will show any voltage across its probes, AC or DC. So, the answer is yes, it will register 3.6 if your battery is good. It is a good tester, the only downside being the letters around the dial are in dark ink on a dark background. You may need a flashlight to set the dial.
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Look at your battery, it must read 3.8vLi-ion battery and it must say 12.16 Wh. If it doesnt i would not chance it
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I didn't see the battery load test described with this meter, nor do I see you that function on the meter. Would like to have that as I understand that gives you a realistic reading how a battery performs under load, not just a voltage output.
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Have not had the opportunity for that test, but it works great and holds a full charge for a long time have only charged it twice using the computer, have it for over month. Works great
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This scale is related to the cold cranking amps of the battery you are testing. There should be a label on your battery telling you the CCAs. So if you are testing a battery with 400 CCAs then you read the needle at the 400 level. CCA is the amount of current a battery can provide at 0 F for 30 seconds and maintain at least 1.2 volts per cell (7.2 volts for a 12-volt battery).
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Hi R.W., this tester will certainly tell you if smaller batteries are in good shape but it is kind of over kill as it works by resistance testing. Kind of like plugging a toaster onto your battery. It will draw a lot of juice off the battery in just one test with smaller batteries so if they are weak you will know it fast and they will likely need a recharge afterward. I use it for 4 and 8 D size batteries for starting large diesel engines. I would suggest a lighter amp load tester for what you are doing. Something around a 50 amp range. Hope this helps. Paul paulmgriswold@aol.com
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Not certain but be sure your battery can take that rate of charge. Pretty certain mine are maxed at 10 amp for charging. Contact the battery vendor 1st.