Operation & Use; Battery Test - TecMate TestMATE Manual Del Usario

PREPARING TO TEST:
1. Be sure area around battery is well ventilated while
battery is being tested.
2. Clean battery terminals. Be careful to keep corrosion
from coming in contact with eyes.
3. Inspect the battery for cracked or broken case or
cover. If battery is damaged, do not use tester.
4. If the battery is not sealed maintenance free, add
distilled water in each cell until battery acid reaches
level specifi ed by the manufacturer. This helps purge
excessive gas from cells. Do not overfi ll.
5. If necessary to remove battery from vehicle to test,
always remove ground terminal from battery fi rst.
Make sure all accessories in the vehicle are off to
ensure you do not cause any arcing.
OPERATION & USE

BATTERY TEST

1. Before you test a battery in a vehicle, turn off the ignition, all accessories and loads.
Close all the vehicle doors and the trunk lid.
2. Make sure you have put 9V battery into the battery chamber. If the 9V battery runs out of
power, screen will show "REPLACE INTERNAL 9V DRY BATTERY" or "POWER LOW".
Replace the 9V battery before starting the test.
Note that nothing will be seen on the display until the tester is connected to a
vehicle battery.
3. Make sure the battery terminals are clean. Wire brush them if necessary. Clamp the
black load lead to the vehicle negative battery terminal. Clamp the red load lead to the
vehicle positive battery terminal. Please clamp on the lead part of the terminal only.
Clamping on the iron part of the terminal will lead to wrong test results.
4. You will view the following screens:
SYSTEM ANALYZER
BATTERY TEST
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SYSTEM TEST
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LANGUAGE:
SELECT
LANGUAGE:
ENGLISH
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Press to select language.
or system test.
Press "Enter" to do battery test
Press back to select battery test or
language.
Press "Enter" to do system test.
Press to select battery test or system test.
Press "Enter" to set language.
Press to select language.
(English, French, German, Spanish, Italian,
Portuguese, Japanese.)
Press "Enter" to confi rm choice & go back to
battery test.
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LCD display
UP/DOWN button
ENTER:
function selection / confi rm
choice
Positive clamp (RED, +)
Negative clamp (BLACK, –)
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