Re: (ET) Battery failure?

["David Roden" <etpost drmm net>]

On 15 Apr 2006 at 13:49, steves wrote:

> Harbor Freight (or such) has battery testers on sale all the time for 
> $20 or so (as I recall)

I have an older one similar to these.  I can't be positive, not having 
actually used one of the HF testers, but from a visual inspection the 
Chinese-made HF tester appears to be a copy of my 15 year old Korean-made 
one from NAPA (which, IIRC, was also about $50).  

Mine doesn't apply enough of a load to test a 6 volt battery; only the 
obviously worthless batteries test "weak."  It's barely enough to properly 
test a small 12 volt starter battery.

A lot of the tools HF sells should probably be considered disposable (use 
them a few times and throw them away).  Worse, cheap tools and test gear 
are 
generally more frustrating than useful.  I didn't get a useful battery 
load 
tester for $50.  I sure as heck wouldn't expect one for $20, but I might 
be 
wrong.


David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA

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