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Battery Electrical System Analyser
(12-1012)
For testing all 12V automotive starting batteries
rated in CCA, DIN, IEC, JIS# and EN. Also for
testing vehicle Electric
al System.
Quick Start Guide
Caution: Never lay tools on the
battery top. You may short the
terminals together causing harm to
yourself, the tools or the battery.
Always follow Battery Council
International safety
recommendations.
Warning: Battery terminals contain
lead compounds which is
hazardous to our body if consumed.
Please wash your hand
immediately after handling.
LIMITED WARRANTY
This Battery Electrical System Analyser [12-1012] is
warranted to be free from defects in material and
workmanship for a period of 12 months from the date
of purchase and is subjected to the following terms
and conditions:
1. Within the warranty period, the manufacturer will
repair or replace, at their options, any defective
parts and return to the owner in good working
order.
2. Any repaired or replaced parts will be warranted
for the balance of the original warranty or 90 days
from the date of repair, whichever is longer.
3. Cost of delivery charges incurred for the repair of
the product (to and from the manufacturer) will be
borne by the owner.
4. The warranty covers only the defects arises as a
result of normal use and does not cover those
arise from:
• Unauthorized modification and repair
• Improper operation or misuse
• Accident or neglect such as dropping
onto hard surfaces.
• Contact with water, rain or extreme
humidity or heat.
• Physical damages such as cables
broken, surface cracks, etc.
Performing Battery Test while it is still in the car:
Vehicle that was running has to have its engine OFF
first and then switch ON the headlights for 30 seconds
to remove the surface charge. After the headlights
had switched OFF, let the battery rest for at least 1
minute to recover before testing commences.
The car engine and all other accessory loads must be
OFF during test in order to have an accurate result.
When attaching the analyser clips, make sure that the
battery posts were not oxidized or badly corroded.
Clean them first before clamping to it. Do not clamp
onto the steel bolts directly which may give inaccurate
and inconsistent results.
Testing on stand-alone batteries:
Clean the battery posts with a wire brush prior testing.
For side- post batteries, install stud adaptors. Do not
use steel bolts for better results.
1. Connect the tester clamps to the battery
posts, Red to the positive (+) terminal and
Black to the negative (-) terminal. Rock each
clamp back and forth for better contact.
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Removing Surface
Turn ign.key ON.
Surface Charge
2. It will run through a self-test and when
completed it displays the Main Menu as
shown below:
Select Test
New: Clear Memory
Continue Test...
Last Test Result
New: Clear Memory
Clear the last tested results stored in its memory.
Continue Test…
Continue the last test on the same car from where
you had stopped.
Last Test Result
Review the test results of the last tested car
After you have made your choice, selecting “New:
Clear Memory” or “Continue Test…” press
will proceed to the display below:
Battery Test
Grounding Test
Starter Test
Alternator Test
BATTERY TEST
3. If it has detected any surface charge on the
battery, it will start to remove and a message
is shown below.
Charge...
Please Wait!
4. If the surface charge is too great for the
analyser to handle, it will prompt you with the
instructions as shown below.
Headlights ON to
remove Surface
5. Wait until the surface charge removal had
completed, the tester will advise as follows
and then press key.
now removed. Key
& headlights OFF
6. If there is no surface charge present, then it
will straight away enter into “Select Battery”
menu screen as shown below:
Select Type
SLI [Wet]
AGM [Flat/Spiral]
7. Pressing again will proceed to Battery
Test as shown below.
Select Rating
CCA
IEC SAE
EN JIS# CA
DIN Unknown
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Vehicle
Approximate Battery CCA
500
Enter
:
8. Select the rating system: CCA, DIN, EN, JIS#,
IEC; according to the battery rating. If you
cannot find its rating then select Unknown.
9. If the battery is rated in JIS#, refer to the
conversion list provided to convert to CCA
rating before keying into the Analyser.
10. Once you had the system rating in mind,
select and press key and the display
will show:
Input Value
Set CCA
1200 ~ 1600 cc 350 CCA
1600 ~ 2000 cc 500 CCA
2000 ~ 3000 cc 650 CCA
3000 cc and
M. Benz over
11. Once the rating is confirmed, press
to start
Capacity
above
3000 cc
Key in the battery rating values using the or
key for increase or decreases the values by
step of 100 units. For double digits increase
or decrease, use the or key by step of 5
units each press.
key will start the testing process and will
display the result in less than 5 sec.
Good
RESULTS
12.46 V 406 CCA
Int. R: 6.72 mΩ
Life: 50%
Rating
750 CCA
760 CCA
RESULTS: Good
‘Good’ indicates the battery in good
condition. ‘Replace’ indicates that the battery
needs to be replaced.
Voltage: 12.46V
This indicates the tested battery voltage
(12.46V). It depends on the stage of charge
on the battery:
CCA (Cold Cranking Amps): 406 CCA
CCA rating is being used here. If other rating
(DIN or JIS# or EN or IEC) then it will base
on the selected respective rating to calculate
the results.
Int. R (Internal Resistance): 6.72mΩ
Internal resistance should fall between
2.0mΩ ~ 15.0mΩ for normal condition.
LIFE: 50%
Indicates the battery life expectancy in
percentage.
If the reading is greater than 45%,
RESULT will display Good. Anything less
than 45%, RESULT display Replace.
ROUGH CCA GUIDE
Given below is a rough CCA ratings guide for any
unknown battery model basing on the capacity of the
vehicle:
12. Press key twice will return to the Main
Menu as shown below:
Battery Test
Grounding Test
Starter Test
Alternator Test
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limits
RESULTS:
Grounding Test
13. Pressing key once will scroll down to the
“Grounding Test”
14. Press key will proceed to the display
15. Now transfer the BLACK tester clip from the
16. Now press key again and it will starts
17.
Battery Test
Grounding Test
Starter Test
Alternator Test
as follows.
Red clip to Batt
[+],Black clip
To Engine body.
Then press Enter
battery [-] terminal to a suitable position on
the engine or chassis body leaving the RED
clip still attached to the battery [+] terminal.
analysing.
Analysing ...
Please Wait!
▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌
Once it has finished analysing, it will
prompt you with an instruction stating that
you have should unclamp the Black tester clip
from the engine or chassis body and transfer
to the battery negative [-] terminal within 20
seconds time limit if not the testing procedure
has to be repeated again as the gathered
data will be lost.
18. Once the Black clip is clamped onto the
19. Now you need to press key to proceed
20. If the measured resistance reading is within
Now clamp the
Black clip to
battery [-] post
20sec time limit
NOTE: 20 seconds is given to establish the
contact to the battery [-] post failing which the
data obtained earlier will be lost. Then you
need to repeat the whole testing procedures
again.
battery [-] terminal, the Analyser display will
light up as shown.
GROUNDING TEST:
Press Enter to
continue.
and the display will show as follows
Analysing ...
Please Wait!
▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌
limits, then it will display as follows:
OK
The measured
Resistance value
is within
5
:
RESULTS:
RESULTS:
21. If the measured resistance reading has gone
beyond the limits, then it will display the
screen as follows:
Note:
22. If you did not follow the right procedures
23. To exit the program, pressing the
Note: Before performing this test, make sure
that the battery is fully charged and in
good condition.
24. With engine OFF, place the vehicle
25. Pressing key once will scroll down to the
High Resistance!
Clean contacts
and check cables
The above indicates that the ground contact
from the engine body to the battery is bad.
Check for rusted or corroded point of contacts.
If found, dismantle it for cleaning or replace
before fixing back. Repeat the test again after
fixing.
during the testing, it will display the results
as follows:
Not detected...
Try again follow
right procedure
key at any moment will exit and return back to
main menu screen
Starter Test
transmission in NEUTRAL for Manual and
PARK for Automatic then apply the parking
brake.
“Starter Test”
26. Press key to continue and the display
27.
28. If the voltage drop is too great during the
Battery Test
Grounding Test
Starter Test
Alternator Test
will show as follows:
12.65V
Voltage
Crank engine now
Until it starts.
Then press Enter
Switch the ignition key to ON and start
cranking the engine until it starts. Immediately
after that press key and the results will
show as follows:
Cranking Test
MinVolts: 10.26V
VoltDrop: Normal
Result: OK
cranking, the tested results will display as
follows and will prompt you to check the
starter system.
Min Volts:7.96V
HIGH
VoltDrop
Chk Starter Sys
Battery has aged
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29. During cranking when it detects that there is
no drop in voltage, it will display the following
screen:
Cranking Test
Not detected...
Check connection
and test again
30. To exit the program, pressing the key at any
moment will exit and return back to the main menu
screen.
No load testing at 3000 RPM:
31. With engine OFF, place the vehicle
transmission in NEUTRAL for Manual and
PARK for Automatic and apply the parking
brake.
32. Pressing key once will scroll down to the
“Alternator Test”
33. Press key to continue and the display
Battery Test
Grounding Test
Starter Test
Alternator Test
will show:
Start Engine and
Alternator Test
keep it running
Then press
Enter
34. Starts the engine then press key again and
the screen will prompt you as shown below:
35.
36. Press key will show the results of the
37. If either minimum or maximum charging volts
Rev engine up to
3,000 rpm,
Enter
Continue this rpm
for 10 sec.
After that press key again and it
show as below:
3000 RPM
13.96 V
Max 14.07 <15.0 V
Min 13.5 >13.3 V
Enter to proceed
test:
NO LOAD TEST
ChargeVolts:13.96V
Result: Good
Enter to proceed
are not within the voltage range limits then it
will display one of the screen as below (Fig. 1
& Fig. 2) and it will prompt you to check the
alternator system for the fault.
NO LOAD TEST
Min Charge:12.96V
Result: LOW
Check Alt System
Fig. 1
NO LOAD TEST
Fig.2
Testing with load at 2,000 RPM:
behavior during loading.
Max Charge:14.96V
Result: HIGH
Check Alt System
This test is to check the alternator’s
38. Continue from the previous test, proceed to
the next step by pressing key will enter
to the display as follows.
Switch ON all
the Electrical
Loads, then
press
39. You need to switch ON all loads (Head Lights,
Radio, Air-condition, Heater, etc) and press
enter key will display as follow:
Rev engine up to
2,000 rpm
Continue this
rpm for 10
40. After that press key again and it show
as below:
2000 RPM
Max 13.96 <13.5 V
Min 13.76 >12.5 V
Enter to proceed
Enter
Enter
13.89V
41. Press key will show the results of the
test:
Fig.3
Fig.4
LOAD TEST
ChrgVolts: 13.96V
Result: Good
42. To exit the program, pressing the
key at any moment will exit and return back to
the main menu screen.
43. If either minimum or maximum charging volts
are not within the voltage range limits then it
will display one of the screen as below (Fig. 3
& Fig. 4) and it will prompt you to check the
alternator system for the fault.
LOAD TEST
MinCharge:12.0V
Result: LOW
Check Belt/Alt
LOAD TEST
MaxCharge:13.06V
Result: LOW
Check Belt/Alt
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HELP KEY
44. Selecting this key will help you familiarize with
the analyser by explaining the various
functions and the results.
To access to this function, just press the
key during the wakeup and the display:
45. Use the or key to scroll to the item you
How to operate▼
RESULTS
VOLTAGE
CCA
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need and then press
Operation: Engine
Must be OFF.
Locate battery.
Clamp Tester.
46. Press key to scroll to next page.
Clips to Battery
[+]and [-] posts.
Check battery
Rating [CCA,EN
47. To exit this function, just press the
key will return back to the main menu display.
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