ThinkEasy Battery Tester Review
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- Опубликовано: 19 сен 2021
- This is the second attempt to use this ThinkEasy Battery Tester. After emailing tech support it turns out you need to download the ThinkDiag+ app. The ThinkEasy Tester is under the Gadgets tab. No additional subscription is required to run this. I found the app glitches and requires restarting some times. test results seem reasonable though.
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I use the snap on one does the same thing but it looks like a brick with a print out . If your not on good lead terminals of the battery with both sides of each clamp it usually gets a lower reading so I do it again with wires disconnected if its low. Also as soon as the battery tests about 80 percent it says bad battery even though it still sounds ok.
Also, try testing the same battery multiple times. I’ve had a few moments where I get drastically different results within seconds of each other and am trying to figure out if I’m doing the clamp connection poorly or if something else is afoot
I'm not sold on its reliability personally.
I don't have this one, but use a tester with the same concept, Konnwei KW208, which I picked up from Walmart online.
Clamp connection is critical for these testers, because if they're designed properly, the jaws have two sides on each clamp that separately apply a load and measure voltage.
The clamps need to be contacting the same piece of metal, not with a bolt on one side and the terminal on the other. This is the difficult part with a lot of battery terminals being too large for the clamps to accommodate.
Best test is with the terminals removed and the clamps placed on the battery posts, but most people won't want to do that.
I've gotten very consistent results when the connections are made properly, and they checked out compared with independent measurements I've made.
I don't have this tester so I don't know about its accuracy, but the concept works anyway.
They work by drawing a small pulsed current, in my unit about 1.5A, and then measuring the voltage drop, and calculate the amount of current corresponding to a 3 volt drop which they call cold cranking amps current (not really, but that's what they call it).
The one I have works very nicely, and while this one is interesting, I don't think I'd like to have to pull out my phone each time to use it when the standalone unit is so easy and convenient to use.
How you determined what standards is correct for you vehicle?
It's your choice based on how the battery being tested is rated. In North America it's usually CCA rating.
@@PhillipBailey thanks
I have been using the Topdon battery tester lately and it seems much easier to use than the one you are using. Just don't understand how it determins health is bad when resistance and charge are good. Price was around $75.00 CAD. Not a salesman.
Yes I agree. This seems questionable and finicky. I have an Autel tester and it's much more straight forward. I'm going to compare results to other recognized testers.
The health is basically a comparison of the current rating you enter for the battery vs the rating it comes up with in the measurement. If you enter 100A as the spec, all your batteries will probably be proclaimed wonderful. 😉
The plastic atbthe hinge point is way to weak. Fell into pieces after tenth battery tested. Thinktool as terrible consumer service.
Whatever you do "babe, pick up some animal food on the way home"...
Good catch...