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03-14-2024, 12:06 AM
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Battery tester
I was thinking about getting a tester but see that there are many in the several hundred dollar price range and higher, which I'm not willing to spend for the convenience.
There are some more affordable alternatives. Wondering of they are any good or a waste of money? Things like this: https://www.summitracing.com/parts/cbc-bt175 https://www.summitracing.com/parts/cbc-bt453 Thanks.
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03-14-2024, 12:31 AM
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My Chicago Electric load tester (from Harbour Freight) has worked flawlessly for 40 years. Yeah, it's big and bulky, but I prefer the honest loading of the old fashioned carbon pile resistor.
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03-14-2024, 01:14 AM
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03-15-2024, 04:18 PM
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Sometimes you can find a Sun VAT-40 tester on ebay cheap. They were almost indestructible and worked great.
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03-15-2024, 06:40 PM
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03-15-2024, 07:05 PM
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I used to have one of those conventional battery chargers;
I hated that thing. Luckily, several years back I was given the following Snap-On battery tester - I love this thing: Snap-On EECS500 I also got from "that jungle website" an off-short smart/pulse repair chargers - other than the chords being covered in the cheapest "rubber" (it cracks in the cold weather that I need to use it in) it was great; I replaced the plug in chord with one salvaged from an old electric device. Between these two devices, I'm now covered. The Snap-On tester is actually (I believe) a discontinued tool that has been superseded with a newer/smarter device - so you may be able to find one for a reasonable price on the secondary market.
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03-16-2024, 11:34 AM
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Thanks again for the advice. https://www.amazon.com/Clore-Automot...p?ie=UTF8&th=1
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