Re: (ET) Battery failure?

[SteveS <ssawtelle erols com>]

Just looked it up -

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=90636

item # 90636-1VGA7

on sale for $19.99.

I don't have one of these, but it looks similiar to an old tester I own 
and I think they work well - I have found a bum battety may charge up 
and look fine open circuit, but put the tester on it and it gets real 
clear if it's good or not. They are real simple - just a big resistor 
and a voltmeter.

- Steve





steves wrote:
> Harbor Freight (or such) has battery testers on sale all the time for 
> $20 or so (as I recall)
>
> -Steve
>
>
> Christopher Zach wrote:
>
> > I'd say buy a battery load tester. This is a device that clamps onto the 
> > battery posts and puts a 75-100 amp load on the battery, then measures 
> > voltage. Chances are one of your batteries has a bad cell.
> >
> > You could just take a coat hanger, dunk it in a bucket of water, then 
> > wire that up to each battery and check voltage but for $50 I'd go to 
> > Sears.com and get the right model.
> >
> > Chris
> > willaim att net wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Hello Group: 
> > > My E12 has started to lose speed and endurance. The batteries are 
> > > old but all measure about 6.1 VDC after use. There are no warm cables or 
> > > terminals. The drive and mower motors don't get hot. The fuel gage goes to mid 
> > > red fairly quickly while mowing. It won't go very long in 4th gear. After full 
> > > timer charge the gage goes to upper 1/3 of Green. This degrading performance is 
> > > over the last 2 weeks. I'm thinking its time for getting new batteries, but I'm 
> > > not really sure that's the problem. Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > Is there an easy way to make an electrical capacity test on a battery 
> > > using a certain piece of everyday metal, an ampere gage, and stopwatch? I seem 
> > > to remember that on a posting way back.
> > >
> > > Thanks, Bill Alburty 66206
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