Checking Battery is holding charge
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From: John on 26 Jul 2010 15:51 Can anyone give me any advice on how to check car battery is holding its charge? Can I do this with just a basic multimeter? The cables on the multimeter I've got are quite thin... would i be okay hooking these up to a car battery or would they fry away?
From: Dave Plowman (News) on 26 Jul 2010 17:35 In article <clpr46p7i3kog5ds7htl97mmis1ofc9gmu(a)4ax.com>, John <bomb(a)ymix.com> wrote: > Can anyone give me any advice on how to check car battery is holding > its charge? Can I do this with just a basic multimeter? The cables on > the multimeter I've got are quite thin... would i be okay hooking > these up to a car battery or would they fry away? More information needed. Do you mean you want to check if something on the car is drawing current from the battery when everything is switched off? -- *The average person falls asleep in seven minutes * Dave Plowman dave(a)davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound.
From: Mrcheerful on 26 Jul 2010 17:44 John wrote: > Can anyone give me any advice on how to check car battery is holding > its charge? Can I do this with just a basic multimeter? The cables on > the multimeter I've got are quite thin... would i be okay hooking > these up to a car battery or would they fry away? if you want to test whether the battery is in good condition then take it to any car shop, they will have a tester. or an AA patrol.
From: John on 27 Jul 2010 14:40 On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:44:44 +0100, "Mrcheerful" <nbkm57(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >John wrote: >> Can anyone give me any advice on how to check car battery is holding >> its charge? Can I do this with just a basic multimeter? The cables on >> the multimeter I've got are quite thin... would i be okay hooking >> these up to a car battery or would they fry away? > >if you want to test whether the battery is in good condition then take it to >any car shop, they will have a tester. or an AA patrol. do they have special testers? is a multimeter no good for checking this?
From: John on 27 Jul 2010 14:44
John wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:44:44 +0100, "Mrcheerful" > <nbkm57(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > >> John wrote: >>> Can anyone give me any advice on how to check car battery is holding >>> its charge? Can I do this with just a basic multimeter? The cables >>> on the multimeter I've got are quite thin... would i be okay hooking >>> these up to a car battery or would they fry away? >> >> if you want to test whether the battery is in good condition then >> take it to any car shop, they will have a tester. or an AA patrol. > > do they have special testers? is a multimeter no good for checking > this? No, you need something like this http://www.uni-max.co.uk/heavy-discharge-600a-car-battery-and-electrical-system-tester/d/ |