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Battery Tester Operation
Battery Testing
1. Before you test a battery in a vehicle, turn off the ignition, all accessories and
loads. Close all the vehicle doors and the trunk lid.
2. Make sure the battery terminals are clean. See Preparing Battery to Be Tested.
3. Connect tester leads to the battery, clamping the red clamp to the vehicle
positive battery terminal first. Then, clamp the black clamp to the vehicle
negative battery terminal second.
Note: Whenever possible, connect directly to the terminals/posts of the battery.
4. LED display will power up and show the open circuit voltage of the battery on
the display.
Note: If you see HI / Lo / ---- / Blank on the display or the red "Check
Connections" LED is lit, please refer to Troubleshooting.
5. Press ENTER to initiate the testing process.
6. For Model No. BA7 only, press UP or DOWN arrow key to select the battery test
bAtt and press ENTER.
7. Press UP or DOWN arrow key to select the type of battery to be tested, SLI or
SEAL, where SLI means Standard Starting/Lighting/Ignition flooded batteries
and SEAL means VRLA/GEL/AGM batteries. Press ENTER.
8. Press UP or DOWN arrow key to select the applicable battery rating that you
plan to test against. Options include CCA, din, IEC, En or CA (MCA). Press
ENTER.
9. Press UP or DOWN arrow key to input the battery rating. Press ENTER to
perform the battery test (lasts 1-2 seconds).
10. (Optional sequence that is determined by the tester.) If the display shows CHA-
(Is tested battery charged?), press ENTER. Then press UP or DOWN arrow key
to show yES or no as applicable and press ENTER.