Associated 12-1012 User manual

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Battery Electrical System Analyser
(12-1012)
For testing all 12V automotive starting batteries
rated in CCA, DIN, IEC, JIS# and EN. Also for
testing vehicle Electric al System.
Quick Start Guide
Caution: Never lay tools on the
battery top. You may short the
terminals together causing harm to
yourself, the tools or the battery.
Always follow Battery Council
International safety
recommendations.
Warning: Battery terminals contain
lead compounds which is
hazardous to our body if consumed.
Please wash your hand
immediately after handling.
LIMITED WARRANTY
This Battery Electrical System Analyser [12-1012] is
warranted to be free from defects in material and
workmanship for a period of 12 months from the date
of purchase and is subjected to the following terms
and conditions:
1. Within the warranty period, the manufacturer will
repair or replace, at their options, any defective
parts and return to the owner in good working
order.
2. Any repaired or replaced parts will be warranted
for the balance of the original warranty or 90 days
from the date of repair, whichever is longer.
3. Cost of delivery charges incurred for the repair of
the product (to and from the manufacturer) will be
borne by the owner.
4. The warranty covers only the defects arises as a
result of normal use and does not cover those
arise from:
•Unauthorized modification and repair
•Improper operation or misuse
•Accident or neglect such as dropping
onto hard surfaces.
•Contact with water, rain or extreme
humidity or heat.
•Physical damages such as cables
broken, surface cracks, etc.
Performing Battery Test while it is still in the car:
Vehicle that was running has to have its engine OFF
first and then switch ON the headlights for 30 seconds
to remove the surface charge. After the headlights
had switched OFF, let the battery rest for at least 1
minute to recover before testing commences.
The car engine and all other accessory loads must be
OFF during test in order to have an accurate result.
When attaching the analyser clips, make sure that the
battery posts were not oxidized or badly corroded.
Clean them first before clamping to it. Do not clamp
onto the steel bolts directly which may give inaccurate
and inconsistent results.
Testing on stand-alone batteries:
Clean the battery posts with a wire brush prior testing.
For side- post batteries, install stud adaptors. Do not
use steel bolts for better results.
1. Connect the tester clamps to the battery
posts, Red to the positive (+) terminal and
Black to the negative (-) terminal. Rock each
clamp back and forth for better contact.

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2. It will run through a self-test and when
completed it displays the Main Menu as
shown below:
New: Clear Memory
Clear the last tested results stored in its memory.
Continue Test…
Continue the last test on the same car from where
you had stopped.
Last Test Result
Review the test results of the last tested car
After you have made your choice, selecting “New:
Clear Memory” or “Continue Test…” press
will proceed to the display below:
BATTERY TEST
3. If it has detected any surface charge on the
battery, it will start to remove and a message
is shown below.
4. If the surface charge is too great for the
analyser to handle, it will prompt you with the
instructions as shown below.
5. Wait until the surface charge removal had
completed, the tester will advise as follows
and then press key.
6. If there is no surface charge present, then it
will straight away enter into “Select Battery”
menu screen as shown below:
7. Pressing again will proceed to Battery
Test as shown below.
Grounding Test
Starter Test
Alternator Test 
IEC SAE
EN JIS# CA
DIN Unknown
Select Rating 
CCA
Battery Test

New Clear Memory
Last Test Result
Select Test 
Continue Test...
AGM [Flat/Spiral] 
Select Type

SLI [Wet]
Removing Surface
Charge...
Please Wait!
Turn ign.key ON.
Headlights ON to
remove Surface
Surface Charge
no removed. Key
& headlights OFF

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8. Select the rating system: CCA, DIN, EN, JIS#,
IEC; according to the battery rating. If you
cannot find its rating then select Unknown.
9. If the battery is rated in JIS#, refer to the
conversion list provided to convert to CCA
rating before keying into the Analyser.
10. Once you had the system rating in mind,
select and press key and the display
will show:
Key in the battery rating values using the or
key for increase or decreases the values by
step of 100 units. For double digits increase
or decrease, use the or key by step of 5
units each press.
11. Once the rating is confirmed, press
key will start the testing process and will
display the result in less than 5 sec.
RESULTS: Good
‘Good’ indicates the battery in good
condition. ‘Replace’ indicates that the battery
needs to be replaced.
Voltage: 12.46V
This indicates the tested battery voltage
(12.46V). It depends on the stage of charge
on the battery:
CCA (Cold Cranking Amps): 406 CCA
CCA rating is being used here. If other rating
(DIN or JIS# or EN or IEC) then it will base
on the selected respective rating to calculate
the results.
Int. R (Internal Resistance): 6.72mΩ
Internal resistance should fall between
2.0mΩ~ 15.0mΩfor normal condition.
LIFE: 50%
Indicates the battery life expectancy in
percentage.
If the reading is greater than 45%,
RESULT will display Good. Anything less
than 45%, RESULT display Replace.
ROUGH CCA GUIDE
Given below is a rough CCA ratings guide for any
unknown battery model basing on the capacity of the
vehicle:
12. Press key twice will return to the Main
Menu as shown below:
Vehicle
Capacity
Approximate Battery CCA
Rating
1200 ~ 1600 cc 350 CCA
1600 ~ 2000 cc 500 CCA
2000 ~ 3000 cc 650 CCA
3000 cc and
above 750 CCA
M. Benz over
3000 cc 760 CCA
Set CCA
to start
Input Value


500
Enter
Good
12.46 V 406 CCA
Int. R 6.72 mΩ
Life 50%
RESULTS
:
Battery Test 
Grounding Test
Starter Test
Alternator Test



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Grounding Test
13. Pressing key once will scroll down to the
“Grounding Test”
14. Press key will proceed to the display
as follows.
15. Now transfer the BLACK tester clip from the
battery [-] terminal to a suitable position on
the engine or chassis body leaving the RED
clip still attached to the battery [+] terminal.
16. Now press key again and it will starts
analysing.
17. Once it has finished analysing, it will
prompt you with an instruction stating that
you have should unclamp the Black tester clip
from the engine or chassis body and transfer
to the battery negative [-] terminal within 20
seconds time limit if not the testing procedure
has to be repeated again as the gathered
data will be lost.
NOTE: 20 seconds is given to establish the
contact to the battery [-] post failing which the
data obtained earlier will be lost. Then you
need to repeat the whole testing procedures
again.
18. Once the Black clip is clamped onto the
battery [-] terminal, the Analyser display will
light up as shown.
19. Now you need to press key to proceed
and the display will show as follows
20. If the measured resistance reading is within
limits, then it will display as follows:
Battery Test 
Starter Test
Alternator Test
Grounding Test
Analysing ...
Please Wait!
▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌
OK
The measured
Resistance value
is within
limits
Analysing ...
Please Wait!
▌▌▌▌▌▌▌▌
RESULTS:
Red clip to Batt
[+],Black clip
To Engine body.
Then press Enter
Now clamp the
Black clip to
battery [-] post
20sec time limit
GROUNDING TEST
Press Enter to
continue.

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21. If the measured resistance reading has gone
beyond the limits, then it will display the
screen as follows:
Note:
The above indicates that the ground contact
from the engine body to the battery is bad.
Check for rusted or corroded point of contacts.
If found, dismantle it for cleaning or replace
before fixing back. Repeat the test again after
fixing.
22. If you did not follow the right procedures
during the testing, it will display the results
as follows:
23. To exit the program, pressing the
key at any moment will exit and return back to
main menu screen
Starter Test
Note:Before performing this test, make sure
that the battery is fully charged and in
good condition.
24. With engine OFF, place the vehicle
transmission in NEUTRAL for Manual and
PARK for Automatic then apply the parking
brake.
25. Pressing key once will scroll down to the
“Starter Test”
26. Press key to continue and the display
will show as follows:
27.
Switch the ignition key to ON and start
cranking the engine until it starts. Immediately
after that press key and the results will
show as follows :
28. If the voltage drop is too great during the
cranking, the tested results will display as
follows and will prompt you to check the
starter system.
12.65V
Crank engine now
Until it starts.
Then press Enter
Voltage
:
MinVolts 10.26V
VoltDrop Normal
Result OK
Cranking Test
Min Volts 7.96V
HIGH
Chk Starter Sys
Battery has aged
VoltDrop
High Resistance!
Clean contacts
and check cables
RESULTS:
Not detected...
Try again follow
right procedure
RESULTS:
Battery Test 
Grounding Test
Starter Test
Alternator Test

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29. During cranking when it detects that there is
no drop in voltage, it will display the following
screen:
30. To exit the program, pressing the key at any
moment will exit and return back to the main menu
screen.
Alternator Test
No load testing at 3000 RPM:
31. With engine OFF, place the vehicle
transmission in NEUTRAL for Manual and
PARK for Automatic and apply the parking
brake.
32. Pressing key once will scroll down to the
“Alternator Test”
33. Press key to continue and the display
will show:
34. Starts the engine then press key again and
the screen will prompt you as shown below:
35. After that press key again and it
show as below:
36. Press key will show the results of the
test:
37. If either minimum or maximum charging volts
are not within the voltage range limits then it
will display one of the screen as below (Fig. 1
& Fig. 2) and it will prompt you to check the
alternator system for the fault.
Fig. 1
Not detected...
Check connection
and test again
Cranking Test
Start Engine and
keep it running
Then press
Rev engine up to
3,000 rpm,
Continue this rpm
for 10 sec.
3000 RPM
Max 14.07 <15.0 V
Min 13.5 >13.3 V
Enter to proceed
13.96 V
ChargeVolts 13.96V
Result Good
Enter to proceed
NO LOAD TEST
Min Charge 12.96V
Result LOW
Check Alt System
NO LOAD TEST
Battery Test 
Grounding Test
Starter Test
Alternator Test
Enter
Enter

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Fig.2
Testing with load at 2,000 RPM:
This test is to check the alternator’s
behavior during loading.
38. Continue from the previous test, proceed to
the next step by pressing key will enter
to the display as follows.
39. You need to switch ON all loads (Head Lights,
Radio, Air-condition, Heater, etc) and press
enter key will display as follow:
40. After that press key again and it show
as below:
41. Press key will show the results of the
test:
42. To exit the program, pressing the
key at any moment will exit and return back to
the main menu screen.
43. If either minimum or maximum charging volts
are not within the voltage range limits then it
will display one of the screen as below (Fig. 3
& Fig. 4) and it will prompt you to check the
alternator system for the fault.
Fig.3
Fig.4
Switch ON all
the Electrical
Loads, then
press
Enter
Rev engine up to
2,000 rpm
ontinue this
rpm for 10
Max Charge 14.96V
Result HIGH
Check Alt System
NO LOAD TEST
2000 RPM
Max 13.96 <13.5 V
Min 13.76 >12.5 V
Enter to proceed
13.89V
ChrgVolts 13.96V
Result Good
LOAD TEST
MinCharge 12.0V
Result LOW
Check Belt/Alt
LOAD TEST
MaxCharge 13.06V
Result LOW
Check Belt/Alt
LOAD TEST
Enter

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Operation Engine
Must be OFF.
Locate battery.
Clamp Tester.
Clips to Battery
[+]and [-] posts.
Check battery
Rating [CCA,EN
HELP KEY
44. Selecting this key will help you familiarize with
the analyser by explaining the various
functions and the results.
To access to this function, just press the
key during the wakeup and the display:
45. Use the  or  key to scroll to the item you
need and then press
46. Press  key to scroll to next page.
47. To exit this function, just press the
key will return back to the main menu display.
How to operate▼
RESULTS
VOLTAGE
CCA