Associated 12-1015 Quick Guide

Battery Electrical System Analyser

(12-1015)

For testing all 12V automotive starting batteries

rated in CCA, SAE, DIN, JIS#, IEC, EN and CA.

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.

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LIMITED WARRANTY

This Battery Electrical System Analyser [12-1015] 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

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.

• 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.

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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.

2. It will run through a self-test and when
completed it displays the Main Menu as
shown below:

Select Menu

New: Clear Memory

Continue Testing

View last Test

Setup Menu

Then press [Enter].

New: Clear Memory

Selecting this item will allow the tester to clear the last
tested results stored in its memory and begin a new
test.

Continue Testing

Selecting this item will allow you to continue the last
test on the same car from where you had stopped.

View Last Test

Review the test results of the last tested car
After you have made your choice, selecting “New:

Clear Memory” or “Continue Test…” press key
will proceed to the display below:

3. After you have made your choice, selecting
“New: Clear Memory” or “Continue…Test” will
proceed to the display below:

Select Test

Battery Test

Grounding Test
Starter Test
Alternator Test

Then press [Enter].

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BATTERY TEST

4. If the surface charge is too great for the
analyser to handle, it will prompt you with the
instructions as shown below:

5. Wait until the surface charge removal had
completed, the tester will advise as follows
and then press key.

6. If there is no surface charge present, then it
will straight away enter into “Select Battery”
menu screen as shown below:

Battery surface charge
is present!

Turn the ignition key
to ON position.

Switch ON the
headlights to remove
surface charge.

Battery surface charge
has been removed.

Turn ignition key to
OFF position.

Switch OFF the
headlights and then
press [Enter].

Select Battery

SLI (Wet Type)

AGM (Flat/Spiral)

[Enter] to proceed

Vehicle

Approximate Battery

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7. Pressing again will proceed to
Battery Test as shown below.

Select Rating

CCA

SAE
DIN
JIS
IEC
EN
CA
Unknown

8. Select the rating system: CCA, SAE, DIN,
JIS#, IEC, EN, CA; 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:

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.

Input Battery Rating

Increase/decrease:

 Single digit 
⊳ By hundredth 

500 CCA

Press [Enter] to
proceed.

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11. Once the rating is confirmed, press
key will start the testing process and will
display the result in less than 5 sec.

Battery: Good

Measured: 406 CCA
Rating: 630 CCA
Volts: 12.45 V
Int. R: 6.72 mOhm
Life: 76%

RESULTS: Good

‘Good’ indicates the battery in good
condition. ‘Replace’ indicates that the battery
needs to be replaced.

Voltage: 12.45V

This indicates the tested battery voltage
(12.45V). 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
(SAE or DIN or JIS# or IEC or EN or CA)
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: 76%

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:

Capacity

1200 ~ 1600 cc 350 CCA
1600 ~ 2000 cc 500 CCA
2000 ~ 3000 cc 650 CCA

3000 cc and

above

M. Benz over

3000 cc

CCA Rating

750 CCA

760 A

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12. Press key will return to the Main Menu
as shown below:

13. Pressing  key once will scroll down to the
“Grounding Test”

14. Press key will proceed to the display
as follows.

15. Now transfer the BLACK tester clip from the
battery [-] terminal to a suitable position on
the engine or chassis body leaving the RED
clip still attached to the battery [+] terminal.

Select Test

Battery Test

Grounding Test
Starter Test
Alternator Test

Then press [Enter].

Grounding Test

Select Test

Battery Test

Grounding Test

Starter Test
Alternator Test

Then press [Enter]

Grounding Test

Clip the Black clip to
engine body or the car
chassis and the Red
clip to the battery [+]
post.

16. Now press key again and it will starts
analysing.

Analysing ...

Please wait!

17. Once it has finished analysing, it will prompt
you with an instruction stating that you 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.

Grounding Test

Now transfer the Black
clip to the battery [-]
post.

The time limit given is
20 seconds before the
memory is lost.

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.

18. Once the Black clip is clamped onto the
battery [-] terminal, the Analyser display will
light up as shown.

Grounding Test

Press [Enter] to
continue the test.

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