The TOPDON BT300P Battery Tester analyzes battery well being, cranking voltage, and the entire charging system on automobiles new and outdated.
Whether or not you personal a traditional Mercedes or the newest and biggest AMG tremendous sedan, it’s crucial to have a correctly functioning electrical system. With trendy automobiles, or something that sits round for weeks at a time, drained and dying batteries result in all types of hassles, from the apparent “I-need-a-jumpstart” to malfunctioning computer systems and sensors. (Whats up, examine engine mild and diagnostic bother codes!) Enter the TOPDON BT300P battery tester.
A battery tester is a good way to examine in periodically to forestall an undesirable breakdown (or the aforementioned diagnostic bother codes.) TheBT300P is an expert tester for working professionals and DIY lovers alike. It will possibly examine the battery’s total well being, its cranking voltage, and even the entire charging system.
That approach, you will get a brand new battery earlier than your outdated one leaves you stranded. Or in case you do end up needing a jumpstart sooner or later, you’ll know whether or not or not you need to attempt to save or substitute your present battery. Since getting this BT300P in for overview, it has taught me loads concerning the well being of my humble fleet’s batteries and saved me at the least one breakdown.
Right here’s every thing you should know concerning the BT300P and whether or not or not you can purchase one.
Full disclosure: TOPDON is an MBWorld sponsor and so they commissioned this overview. All info have been authorized by TOPDON. All opinions stay my very own.
Options & Checks
The TOPDON BT300P is an oblong plastic machine with a easy button interface, small display screen, and connected constructive and adverse cables. The package features a carrying case with a paper instruction handbook and two further rolls of paper for printing take a look at outcomes. (One roll comes pre-loaded.)
The BT300P provides three testing options —
Battery well being (well being of battery and total state of cost)
Cranking well being (assessments beginning voltage)
Charging system well being (too excessive, too low, or simply proper)
To check the battery well being, merely join the constructive and adverse cables, choose your battery sort, and the variety of chilly cranking amps listed on the battery, then press enter. Please notice, nonetheless, that, in line with TOPDON,
If the battery cost is just too excessive or too low, it is going to have an effect on the take a look at outcomes. If the battery cost is just too excessive, there may be often floating electrical energy. On this case, it’s typically beneficial that clients activate the automotive headlights for 2-3 minutes and take away the floating electrical energy earlier than testing. Low battery could also be brought on by extreme use of the battery and never charging it in time. On this case, it’s also beneficial to cost it for a time period earlier than testing.
Briefly, don’t take a look at a battery that’s been sitting round too lengthy, nor one which’s been charged an excessive amount of.
To check the cranking system, navigate to that take a look at within the menu and, following the prompts on display screen, begin the car. Outcomes will observe with these beginning voltages —
<9.6V is LOW
9.6V≤ and <10.7V is NORMAL
≧10.7V is GOOD
And, lastly, with the car working, the BT300p can take a look at the well being of the charging system at idle after which, as soon as prompted, at 2,500 RPM. Once more, outcomes observe on display screen.
Printing outcomes is as simple a urgent Print.
Testing the Battery Tester
I used the BT300P to judge a number of automobiles —
2006 Corvette (3 yr outdated battery, weekly driver)
LS3 Swapped Roadmaster Wagon (1.5 yr outdated battery, weekly driver)
2013 Mustang Boss 302 (6 yr outdated battery, weekly driver)
2013 Cadillac ATS (10 yr outdated battery, each day driver)
1987 Mercury Cougar (2 yr outdated battery, weekly driver)
2013 Toyota Tacoma (1 yr outdated battery, each day driver)
In keeping with TOPDON,
The BT300P adopts the world’s commonplace conductivity testing know-how to check the real-time traits of the plates contained in the battery to find out the battery’s chilly begin functionality. Comprehensively choose the standard of the battery via parameters corresponding to voltage, CCA, SOC, and SOH.
Looking back, the outcomes have been pretty predictable. Newer batteries on automobiles extra recurrently pushed have been typically wholesome. Older batteries on automobiles that sit round an excessive amount of have been nearing the tip of their lifespan. My Roadmaster had managed to eat one battery, which was coated underneath guarantee. Within the case of my Mustang, the BT300P probably prevented me from getting stranded after too many quick drives. And on two events, the batteries themselves have been too undercharged for correct testing, and the outcomes needed to be redone after a fast drive.
In a number of instances, largely involving older batteries, I cross-checked the BT300P’s outcomes with the assistance of my native O’Reilly’s (not sponsored), and the TOPDON product produced related outcomes with out the trouble of getting to drive wherever and/or take away a battery for testing.
TOPDON BT300P Execs & Cons
My total expertise with the TOPDON BT300P is constructive, however I did have a couple of complaints. Listed here are an inventory of professionals & cons:
Execs
Easy to arrange & fast to make use of
Correct outcomes (verified versus half retailer testers)
Routinely testing batteries may help get replacements earlier than a guaranty ends
Cons
The paper likes to jam within the printer if not torn away completely every time
The cranking and charging system assessments require two folks because the cables are very quick
Undercharged and lately charged batteries can provide incorrect outcomes
Who Ought to Purchase a BT300P?
Though the TOPDON BT300P is pitched for skilled automotive technicians and DIYers alike, I’m extra apt to suggest the product to the professionals. Mainly, in case you want the printer for documentation (to supply to clients who need proof earlier than making an costly buy), it’s an awesome battery tester.
A DIYer with a small or giant assortment may additionally discover the BT300P helpful, particularly in the event that they have already got trickle-style chargers in place for automobiles that sit loads.
Nonetheless, when studying concerning the BT300P on TOPDON’s web site, I stumbled upon the TB6000Pro and would suggest that slightly extra for DIYers or these with a small assortment of automobiles. Why? The TB6000Pro combines battery testing with battery charging, and it may be live-monitored through Bluetooth. In different phrases, it’s extra helpful. Additionally, outdoors of the client expertise, I’m unsure a DIYer would need to cope with printing bodily paper. That’s to not knock the BT300P, thoughts you. Only a advice for many who could be in the same scenario.
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Photos: Michael S. Palmer & MBWorld member xXHotelCrazyXx
