Quicklynks BA101 Auto Battery Analyzer User Manual
- June 6, 2024
- Quicklynks
Table of Contents
Auto Battery Analyzer
User’s Manual
Item: BA101
Product Summary
1.1 Product Profile
BA101 Battery Tester adopts currently the world’s most advanced conductance
testing technology to easily, quickly, and accurately measure the actual cold
cranking amps capability of the vehicle starting battery, healthy state of the
battery itself, and common fault of the vehicle starting system and charging
system, which can help maintenance personnel to find the problem quickly and
accurately, thus to achieve quick vehicle repair.
- Test all automotive cranking lead acid batteries, including ordinary lead acid battery, AGM flat plate battery, AGM spiral battery, and Gel battery, EFB battery, etc.
2. Directly detect bad cell battery.
3. Polarity reverse connection protection, reverse connection will not damage the tester or affect the vehicle and battery.
4. Directly test the battery with loss of electricity, no need to full charge before testing.
5. Testing standards include currently the world’s majority of battery standards, CCA, BCI, CA, MCA, JIS, DIN, IEC, EN, SAE, GB.
6. Support multi-languages, customer can select different language package, which includes: Chinese Simple, Chinese Traditional, English, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, French, Italian, German, etc. Other languages can also be customized according to the user’s needs.
1.2 Product Function
The main functions of BA101 battery tester include: battery test, cranking
test, charging test and other additional functions.
Battery test is mainly targeted to analyze the battery healthy status to
calculate the actual cold cranking capability of the battery and the aging
extent, which provide reliable analysis evidence for the test and maintenance
of the battery. It notifies the user to replace battery in advance when the
battery getting aged.
Cranking test is mainly to test and analyze the starting motor. Through
testing the actual required cranking current and cranking voltage of the
starting motor, it can find out whether the starting motor works fine. There
are several reasons why the starting motor is abnormal: lubricating system
fault causing the starting loaded torque increasing or rotor friction of the
starting motor causing the increasing friction of the starting motor itself.
Charging test is to check and analyze the charging system, including
generator, rectifier, rectifier diode, etc., thus to find out whether the
output voltage of the generator is normal, the rectifier diode works fine and
the charging current is normal. Suppose one of the above-mentioned parts is
not in normal situation, it will lead to over charge or incomplete charge of
the battery, thus the battery will be quickly damaged and also greatly shorten
the using life of other loaded electrical appliance.
Additional functions include Set language, voltmeter and screen brightness
adjustment.
1.3 Technical Parameters
- old Cranking Amps Measure Range:
Measure Standard| Measure Range
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CCA| 100-2000
BC]| 100-2000
CA| 100-2000
MCA| 100-2000
JIS| 26A17-245H52
DIN| 100-1400
IEC| 100-1400
EN| 100-2000
ME| 100-2000
GB| 30-220 - Voltage Measure Range: 8-30V DC
1.4 Working Environment Requirement
Working Environment Temp.: -20°C-60°C
It is applicable for automotive manufacturers, automotive maintenance and
repair workshops, automotive battery factories, automotive battery
distributors, and educational organizations, etc.
PRODUCT INFORMATION
2.1 Tool Description
- Up / Down keys: Select upwards or downwards via white UP and DOWN keys.
- Exit key: Exit to the previous menu via the blue EXIT key.
- ENTER key: Confirm the selection via the green ENTER key
- Mini-USB Socket (in the side of the product): Connect to computer for print via USB cable.
2.2 Product Specifications
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Display: LCD, 2 lines, 8 characters, backlit
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Operating Temperature: 0 to 50°C (-32 to 122 F°)
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Storage Temperature: -20 to 70°C (-4 to 158 F°)
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Power—provided via detachable heavy duty OBD II cable
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Dimensions:
Length
110 mm ( 4.3″”)
Width
70 mm ( 2.75″”)
Height
16mm (0.63″”) -
Weight: 450g
2.3 Accessories Included
- User Manual — Instructions on tool operations
- USB cable — Provides a link to tool and computer for print.
- CD— Print software inside.
2.4 Product Setup
The tool allows you to make the following adjustments and settings:
- Language: Selects desired language.
- Contrast adjustment: Adjusts the contrast of the LCD display.
- Tool information: The tool show the version and produced date.
To enter the Tool Setup menu
From the second startup screen, press Exit button to enter Main menu. Press
the Down button to select the Tool Setup function.
Language:
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From the Tool Setup menu, use Enter button to select Language
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Use the UP and DOWN buttons to select the desired language and press ENTER button to save your selection and return to the previous menu.
Contrast
- From the Tool Setup menu, use Enter button to select contrast.
- Use the UP and DOWN buttons to select the contrast value and press ENTER button to save your selection and return to the previous menu.
Tool Information
From the Tool Setup menu, use Enter button to select Tool Information
Press exit to return the previous menu.
Battery Test
After entering the battery test program, the tester displays the tester model
and the version Tester will display the following contents in a sequence,
select accordingly.
3.1Quick test
It can make sure the battery status, including voltage, CCA, electronic
resistance, rated CCA, charging value, healthy value, and testing result in
one second. Once input the AH value—battery rated capacity, which is marked in
the label of the battery.
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Press the UP/DOWN key to select the Quick test, then press ENTER key to confirm.
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Input the rated battery capacity—xx AH, in general, the battery capacity for a 12V vehicle is above 30AH.
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Then press enter key, the testing result will show one of these, as below. Battery test result includes 5 types as follows:
1) Good Battery
The battery is without any problem, please be relaxed to use!
2) Good, Recharge
Good battery but low current, recharge before using.
3) Replace
The
battery is near to or already reached the end of the using life, replace the
battery, otherwise, a bigger danger will be followed.
4) Bad Cell, Replace
Battery interior damaged, bad cell or short circuit, replace the battery.
5) Charge, Retest
An unstable battery shall be recharged and retested to avoid an error. If the
same test result appears after recharge and retest, the battery is regarded as
damaged, replace the battery.
Battery In-Vehicle or Battery Out-Of-Vehicle
Press the UP/DOWN key to select the battery location, in-vehicle or out of the
vehicle, then press ENTER key to confirm.
The battery in a vehicle means the battery is connected with a vehicle
generator or vehicle electrical appliance.
3.2 Battery in a vehicle
Choose the battery in the vehicle and press Enter key, then it will enter the
below menu.
3.2.1 Batter test in a vehicle
When the surface charge is detected by the tester, it prompts “SURFACE CHARGE,
TURN LIGHTS ON”
Turn lights on as prompted to eliminate battery surface charge, the tester
will then display the following messages in a sequence:
Now the tester detects the surface charge has been eliminated, turn lights off
as prompted, then press ENTER key. The tester will recover automatic test
OUT-OF-VEHICLE means battery is not connected with any of the vehicle loaded,
i.e. battery connection is cut off.
Select Battery Type
After the battery charge status is selected, the tester will prompt to select
battery type, i.e. Regular Flooded, AGM Flat Plate or AGM Spiral, Gel, and EFB
battery. Press the UP/DOWN key to select battery type, then press the OK key
to confirm
Battery System Standard and Rating
A BA101 battery tester will test each battery according to the selected system
and rating.
Use the UP/DOWN key to select according to the actual system standard and
rating marked on the battery. Use the UP/DOWN key to select according to the
actual system standard and rating marked on the battery. See in the below
picture, the arrow indicated location.
CCA: Cold Cranking Amps, specified by SAE&BCI, most frequently used value
for starting battery at 0°F (-18°C).
BCI: Battery Council International standard
CA： Cranking Amps standard, the effective starting current value at 0°C
MCA: Marine Cranking Amps standard, the effective starting current value
at 0°C.
JIS： Japan Industrial Standard, displayed on the battery as a combination
of the numbers and letters, e.g. 55D23,80D26.
DIN: German Auto Industry Committee Standard
IEC: Internal Electrotechnical Commission Standard
EN： European Automobile Industry Association Standard
SAE: Society of Automotive Engineers Standard
GB： China National Standard
Rating range as follows:
Measure Standard
|
Measure Range
---|---
CCA| 100-2000
BC!| 100-2000
CA| 100-2000
MCA| 100-2000
JIS| 26A17–245H52
DIN| 100-1400
IEC| 100-1400
EN| 100-2000
SAE| 100-2000
GB| 30-220
Input correct test standard and rating, press ENTER key, tester starts to test, and dynamic interface “TESTING” prompted. See below:
It takes around 3 seconds to display the battery test result.
Battery Test Result
Battery test result includes 5 types as follows:
1) Good Battery
The battery is without any problem, please be relaxed to use!
2) Good, Recharge
Good battery but low current, recharge before using.
3) Replace
The battery is near to or already reached the end of the using life, replace
the battery, otherwise, a bigger danger will be followed.
4) Bad Cell, Replace
Battery interior damaged, bad cell or short circuit, replace the battery.
5) Charge, Retest
The unstable battery shall be recharged and retested to avoid an error. If
same test result appears after recharge and retest, the battery is regarded as
damaged, replace the battery.
Attention: If “Replace” resulted from IN-VEHICLE mode, it might be the reason
that the vehicle cable is not well connected with the battery.
Ensure to cut off the cable and retest the battery under OUT-OF-VEHICLE before
making a decision to replace battery.
NOTE: After testing, if need to Exit, press EXIT key to directly Exit to
the startup interface.
After testing: if it’s “IN-VEHICLE” test state, press ENTER key will bring to
Cranking Test.
3.2.2 Cranking Test
Tester prompts are as follows:
Starting the engine as prompted, the tester will automatically complete the cranking test and display the result.
Normally, a cranking voltage value lower than 9.6V is regarded as abnormal and
it is ENTER if it is higher than 9.6V.
The test result of the tester includes actual cranking voltage and actual
cranking time.
When the cranking test is abnormal, the battery test results will also be displayed at the same time.
This is for the convenience of the maintenance personnel to quickly know the
whole state of the starting system according to the data.
After testing is finished, do not shut down the engine, press ENTER key to
enter Charging Test.
3.2.3 Charging System and Rectifier Diode Test
When entering the charging test, please choose “Charging Test?”
Press ENTER key again to start the charging test.
NOTE: Do not shut down the engine during the test. All electrical
appliances and devices are in the OFF state. Turning on/off any electrical
appliance in the vehicle during the test will affect the accuracy of the test
result.
The tester will do the following tests in a sequence:
For the ripple test, the tester will display the real-time ripple and
meanwhile, shows ripple volt and charging volt values at the bottom line.
It takes approx. 6 seconds for the ripple test.
After the ripple test, the tester will automatically start the loaded voltage
test.
Loaded Volt Test takes approx. 3 seconds, then it hints “Step on the accelerator to increase engine rotating speed”
Operate accordingly to increase the engine rotating speed to 2500turns or
above, and keep for 5 seconds.
Tester starts the charging volt test after increase rev detected.
After the test is finished, the tester displays the effective charging volts, ripple test result, and charging test result.
NOTE: If no increase rev detected, it shall be the fault of generator
regulator or connection with battery failed. The tester will try 3 times to
further detect, if still failed, it will skip the increase rev detect and the
test result displays “No Volt Output”. See below:
Check the connection between generator and battery, then retest.
Charging Test Result:
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Charging Volt: Normal
The charging system shows the generator output normal, no problem was detected. -
Charging Volt: Low
The charging volt of the charging system is low.
Check the drive belt of the generator whether slips or runs off. Check the connection between the generator and battery is normal or not.
If both the drive belt and the connection are in good condition, follow the manufacturer’s suggestion to eliminate generator fault. -
Charging Volt: High
Generator output volt is high.
Since most of the vehicle generators are using internal regulators, the generator assembly has to be replaced. (Some old-style cars are using an external regulator, then directly replace the regulator.)
The normal high volt of the voltage regulator is a maximum of 14.7±0.5V. If the charging volt is too high, it will overcharge the battery. Therefore the battery life will be shortened and troubles will be caused. -
No Volt Output:
No generator volt output is detected. Check the generator connection cable and the belt whether they are normal. -
Diode Test:
Through the test of charging the current ripple, the tester will find out whether the diode is normal or not. When ripple volt is too high, it proves at least one diode is damaged. Check and replace the diode.
Till now, all tests have been done.
3.3 Battery out of vehicle test
OUT-OF-VEHICLE means battery is not connected with any of the vehicle loaded,
i.e. battery connection is cut off.
Choose the battery out of vehicle test
3.3.3 Select Battery Type
After the battery charge status is selected, the tester will prompt to select
battery type, i.e. Regular Flooded, AGM Flat Plate or AGM Spiral, Gel, and EFB
battery. Press the UP/DOWN key to select battery type, then press the OK key
to confirm
Battery System Standard and Rating
BA101 battery tester will test each battery according to the selected
system and rating.
Use the UP/DOWN key to select according to the actual system standard and
rating marked on the battery. Use the UP/DOWN key to select according to the
actual system standard and rating marked on the battery. See in the below
picture, the arrow indicated location.
CCA: Cold Cranking Amps, specified by SAE&BCI, most frequently used value
for starting battery at 0°F (-18°C).
BCI: Battery Council International standard
CA： Cranking Amps standard, the effective starting current value at 0°C
MCA: Marine Cranking Amps standard, the effective starting current value
at 0°C.
JIS： Japan Industrial Standard, displayed on the battery as a combination
of the numbers and letters, e.g. 55D23,80D26.
DIN： German Auto Industry Committee Standard
IEC： Internal Electrotechnical Commission Standard
EN： European Automobile Industry Association Standard
SAE: Society of Automotive Engineers Standard
GB： China National Standard
Rating range is as follows:
| Measure Standard | Measure Range |
|---|---|
| CCA | 100-2000 |
| BC! | 100-2000 |
| CA | 100-2000 |
| MCA | 100-2000 |
| JIS | 26A17–245H52 |
| DIN | 100-1400 |
| IEC | 100-1400 |
| EN | 100-2000 |
| SAE | 100-2000 |
| GB | 30-220 |
Input correct test standard and rating, press ENTER key, tester starts to test, and dynamic interface “TESTING” prompted. See below:
It takes around 3 seconds to display the battery test result.
Battery Test Result
Battery test result includes 5 types as follows:
1) Good Battery
The battery is without any problem, please be relaxed to use!
2) Good, Recharge
Good battery but low current, recharge before using.
3) Replace
The battery is near to or already reached the end of the using life, replace
the battery, otherwise, a bigger danger will be followed.
4) Bad Cell, Replace
Battery interior damaged, bad cell or short circuit, replace the battery.
5) Charge, Retest
The unstable battery shall be recharged and retested to avoid an error. If the
same test result appears after recharge and retest, the battery is regarded as
damaged, replace the battery.
3.4 Review Data
Choose the function of Review Data
Check the history of battery testing result
3.5 Print Data
Before choosing the print data function, it is necessary to connect the tool
to the computer via a USB cable.
Once all are available, please kindly insert the CD to the computer
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Install the USB driver firstly.
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Then open the Print software
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Choose the COM Port NO.
If
there are some data histories in print software, please kindly clear them. -
Choose the function of Print Data in the tool
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Once the data is transferred to the computer, the print software will show this information
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Besides, the tool will turn to the below menu.
Press exit to return
3.6 System setup
Please kindly review 2.4 Product setup
WARRANTY AND SERVICE
4.1 Limited One Year Warranty
We warrant to its customers that this product will be free from all defects
in materials and workmanship for a period of one (1) year from the date of the
original purchase, subject to the following terms and conditions:
- The sole responsibility of us under the Warranty is limited to either the repair or, at the option of us, replacement of the Scan Tool at no charge with Proof of Purchase. The sales receipt may be used for this purpose.
- This warranty does not apply to damages caused by improper use, accident, flood, lightning, or if the product was altered or repaired by anyone other than the Manufacturer’s Service Center.
- We shall not be liable for any incidental or consequential damages arising from the use, misuse, or mounting of the Scan Tool. Some states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, so the above limitations may not apply to you.
4.2 Service Procedures
For technical support, please contact your local store or distributor. If it
becomes necessary to return the code reader for repair, contact your local
distributor for more information.
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