2003 CHEVROLET S-10
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JOSEPHA
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Will a battery tester that checks CCA by measring battery conductance with an AC signal determine if the battery will fade? Wally World receingly would not initially accept a battery exchange for a battery that I knew was bad. (They tested it a 2nd time and gave me another one.) I think that getting a jump-start put a charge in the battery (from my driving over) that caused it to seem to pass, but it would not hold a charge.
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Nov 13, 2012 at 2:26 AM
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ASEMASTER6371
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battery tester simulate a load test but look at the recovery time the battery takes to come back to voltage.

you can get a false pass test. thats why they tell you to load it for 10 seconds before testing.

Roy
Nov 13, 2012 at 2:53 AM