- 1. Celltron battery tester (score: 1)
- Author: nick brearley <nick@landform.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:09:41 +0000
- Wondered if anyone had experience/opinions of the Midtronics Celltron battery tester as seen at http://preview.tinyurl.com/yykr4r The publicity is fairly convincing but you can't beat first hand know
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- 2. Re: Celltron battery tester (score: 1)
- Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 06:22:38 -0800 (PST)
- It sounds like a well-thought-out tool, but I do not see how it addresses any particular need you have. It definitely does not tell you if a battery is charged or not. Just keep your batteries trickl
- /html/shop-talk/2006-11/msg00015.html (7,379 bytes)
- 3. RE: Celltron battery tester (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 08:29:37 -0800
- I agree. Hydrometers are fairly useless with most modern 'sealed' batteries. And an inexpensive load tester plus a charger (and time to charge the battery) will do fine for testing without a vehicle
- /html/shop-talk/2006-11/msg00016.html (7,469 bytes)
- 4. RE: Celltron battery tester (score: 1)
- Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 09:48:32 -0800 (PST)
- Have sealed batteries gone out of fashion? Every time I glance at the batteries for sale in WalMart, Pep Boys, etc,. they seem to have caps for the cells. Doug
- /html/shop-talk/2006-11/msg00017.html (7,027 bytes)
- 5. RE: Celltron battery tester (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 10:27:27 -0800
- No idea ... but at least some of the batteries I've seen do have distinct caps, that are heat-welded into place. You cannot remove the caps without damaging the battery. I assume the caps are used o
- /html/shop-talk/2006-11/msg00018.html (7,949 bytes)
- 6. Re: Celltron battery tester (score: 1)
- Author: nick brearley <nick@landform.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 19:31:06 +0000
- Thanks for the comments Doug. What I try to do is keep the batteries float charged over the winter, testing them with a DMM at regular intervals, then load charge them every 2-3 months. Where this to
- /html/shop-talk/2006-11/msg00019.html (7,847 bytes)
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