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Originally Posted by blackbirdfan
Our battery charging station uses 2 4-bank battery chargers ( http://tinyurl.com/a95lyts) to charge our batteries. It can probably hold 12 batteries, but we only have 8 good ones which is why we bought two 4-bank chargers. The chargers have led lights that are supposed to represent the charging state of each battery, and they seem pretty reliable, but we just use a standard multimeter to test batteries. That Wel-bilt tester seems like it would work fine, but it doesn't seem to do anything that a multimeter couldn't. Anyways hope this helped! |
Using a multimeter to check the voltage of a battery is only accurate to know the charge status of a battery, not whether it is "healthy" or not. Some batteries may appear to be fine after checking the voltage but will not be able to provide high current draw without significant voltage drops.
Load testers will give a more accurate assessment of the health of a battery.