ANCEL AD410 Pro+ 2 in 1 OBD2 Scanner Battery Tester Instructions

ANCEL AD410 Pro+ 2 in 1 OBD2 Scanner Battery Tester

Product Information

The battery detection product is designed to help users understand and test various characteristics of car batteries. By using this product, users can gain knowledge about car batteries and their performance.

Features of Car Batteries
Car batteries are primarily used to supply electrical energy to start the engine and power the vehicle’s electrical systems. Some key characteristics of car batteries include:

1. Capacity: The amount of electrical energy a battery can store.
2. Voltage: The potential difference between the battery’s positive and negative terminals.
3. Cranking Amps (CA): The maximum current a battery can deliver for a short period to start the engine.
4. Reserve Capacity (RC): The duration for which a battery can power the vehicle’s electrical systems without being recharged.

Product Usage Instructions

Follow the steps below to use the battery detection product:

• Step 1: Power On
  Ensure that the product is powered on by pressing the power button located on the module. The display should indicate that it is ready for use.

• Step 2: Connect Battery
  Connect the battery you want to test to the designated terminals on the product module. Make sure to follow the correct polarity, connecting the positive terminal to the positive terminal and the negative terminal to the negative terminal.

• Step 3: Select Test
  Use the control buttons on the module to select the specific characteristic you want to test, such as capacity, voltage, cranking amps, or reserve capacity. The display will show the selected test mode.

• Step 4: Start Test
  Press the start button to initiate the test. The product will analyze the battery and display the test results on the screen. The results may include numerical values or graphical representations, depending on the selected test mode.

• Step 5: Interpret Results
  Refer to the user manual for detailed information on interpreting the test results. The manual will provide guidelines on acceptable ranges and what the results indicate about the battery’s condition.

• Step 6: Power Off
  After completing the test, power off the product by pressing and holding the power button until the display turns off. Disconnect the battery from the product module.
  Note : Always follow safety precautions and the instructions provided in the user manual while using the battery detection product.

Battery detection products to dispel doubts

To understand battery testing products, we first need to understand knowledge: first, what is the car battery used to do? Two, what are the characteristics of the car battery? What are the effects of these features? Third, how does our product test for these characteristics

What is the car battery used for?

• We all know that cars have batteries, but maybe some people do not know why cars have batteries, here, we briefly introduce the car battery is used for what.
  The purpose of automobile battery is mainly used for automobiles, motorcycles, tractors, diesel engines, lighting, air conditioning, multimedia, and so on. The automobile battery plays the role of voltage stabilizer of the whole electric system, which can mitigate the impulse voltage in the electric system and protect the electronic equipment on the automobile. When the car engine stops running or at low idle speed, the battery supplies power to the car electrical equipment. Batteries also supply electricity when demand exceeds the capacity of the generator. When the generator is working properly, the car battery stores the excess electricity produced by the generator.

• Of these uses, the battery has the greatest impact on the car, starting. Automobile starting principle: In order to make the engine transition from a static state to a working state, the crankshaft of the engine must be rotated by an external force, so that the combustible mixture is sucked (or formed) in the cylinder and combustion expansion, the working cycle is automatically carried out. The whole process from the time the crankshaft begins to turn under external force until the engine starts to idle automatically is called engine starting.

• There are many ways to start an engine. The motor starting of an automobile engine is commonly used as mechanical power. When the gears on the motor shaft engage with the rings of teeth around the engine flywheel, power is transferred to the flywheel and crankshaft, causing them to turn. The motor itself uses batteries as energy. At present, most car engines are started by electric motors.

• The car starting process is a process of high current operation. Cars need 100 to 300 AMps to start. The following is a specific description of how much current the car needs to start: 1, gasoline engine starting battery output current can reach 200-600 a, diesel engine starting, the battery output current can reach 1000 A. 2. The larger the displacement of the general engine, the larger the starting current, the different engines with different starters, the starting power of the car is usually between 1 kw and 3 kW. 3, when starting the engine, the battery will release a very large current, so as to start the engine smoothly.

**what are the characteristics of the car battery?

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• Because of the characteristics of the battery structure, resulting in its discharge characteristics, there are certain rules. Here we have to talk about CCA (CCA value of battery). Cold Cranking Ampere (CCA) is the amount of current released by a battery for 30 seconds at a specified low temperature (usually 0℉ or -17.8 ℃) before the voltage drops to the limit feed voltage. For example, a 12-volt battery case is labeled with a CCA value of 600, which means that at 0°F, 600 amperes (Ampere) can be supplied for 30 seconds before the voltage drops to 7.2 volts The focus of CCA is to test the discharge capacity of the battery to ensure reliable and realistic energy for the use of the starter. We can see the mark of “110Ah/450A” on many foreign starter experiment reports and drawings, which means that the starter can meet the cold starting test of the engine under the environment of -17.8 ℃ using 110Ah battery with cold starting current CCA 450A. If we only notice the capacity of the battery 110Ah and ignore the cold start current capacity, in accordance with the same specifications for the engine cold start test, our test is likely to fail, the result is that it is possible to require the starter manufacturer to replace a higher power level of the starter product or increase the capacity of the battery to solve the cold start problem. This is because of the difference between the manufacturing level of Chinese batteries and the international level. The cold starting current of a Chinese 110Ah battery is 370A ~ 400A, and a foreign 110Ah battery with a 450A cold starting current is equivalent to our 150 ~ 160Ah battery. Therefore, the gradual introduction of cold start current value CCA to standardize engine cold start test and battery selection is imperative for Chinese automobile industry to fully converge to international standards!
• If some brands of batteries do not have a type number, the CCA value of the battery can be estimated using the following method.
• The vehicle displacement is approximately CCA value
  • 1,200~1,600CC 350A
  • 1,600~2,000CC 500A
  • 2,000 to 3,000 650A
  • 750A over 3,000CC
• The above example or a little abstract, let’s take an example to analogy: everyone knows that our bucket of water, battery capacity (XXAh), is equivalent to how much we can hold the bucket. The discharge capacity (CCA, cold start capacity) is equivalent to the mouth of my bucket, how fast the water can be poured.
• Because of the structural characteristics of the battery, its cold starting ability and its capacity are generally in proportion, so we can judge the health of the battery as long as we measure its cold starting ability in the process of testing.

So the car battery, we generally from three aspects to understand it: capacity, CCA, and voltage (electricity). Of course, we also do some tests for battery charging, generator and so on.

how does our product test for these characteristics?

Regarding battery testing, our products classify it into three major items : 1. Battery testing; 2. Start the system test; 3. Charging test

1. Battery test.
   In this function module, we calculate the health of the battery through the cold start capability (calculated by internal resistance transfer), the amount of electricity (calculated by voltage conversion), and the rated cold start current of the battery manually input by the user

2. Start the system test.
   In this function module, we can intuitively understand the cold start capability of the battery by monitoring the voltage change of the battery during the engine ignition process and obtaining the lowest point of the voltage (black and white screen products) or forming a waveform diagram (color screen products)

3. Charging test
   In this functional module, we check the voltage change through load test, no load test, ripple test and other tests under the ignition state, so as to roughly judge the robustness of the charging module

References

• ANCEL Official Site: Anceltech.com

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