[AT] Battery load tester

[Larry D. Goss]

I made the supreme sacrifice and violated my own "rules for living" by
visiting HF during lunch hour -- and on a Friday, no less.  The only
battery load tester I could find was the El Cheapo $2.99 model.  It's
labeled as an alternator tester, and is displayed in the automotive
section.  I finally asked some of the hired help if they had any others
and he directed me back to the same place as the El Cheapo one was.  I
told him that was not what I was looking for, so he came along to "help"
me find the obvious.

It wasn't there.  He started looking around the store and finally found
them stacked on top of the cabinets above the pneumatic tools.  They had
one other model -- the 50 Amp model, not the one you were looking at,
Cecil.  Anyway, it was boxed up and I couldn't tell anything more about
it than what it says at the HF website.  Bummer!

To keep the whole trip from being a waste, I bought one of their $9.99
car horns.  I'm going to mount it on the Kubota.  A man that I did some
repair work for a month or so ago mounts a car horn on all his tractors.
He says he won't own a tractor that doesn't have a horn on it.  I guess
he uses it to give coded instructions to his wife about when to bring
out refreshments, or something.  I figure since there is a horn button
spot on the instrument panel, why not make use of it?

Larry

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Billy Hood
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 3:37 PM
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Subject: Re: [AT] Battery load tester

Cecil
I have two of the HF testers--one here and one at my Son's.  They work
ok and are light and easy to throw on the bed of the truck or in the
toolbox.  They are not as good as the old heavy Christie that I bought
before 1970 for about $90 back then.  It is heavy and I spent more for a
new meter (don't ask, but I broke the plastic cover for the meter part
and bent the needle--another foobar) for the Christie than for the
complete HF and I think mine were 19.95 on sale, maybe more.  They get
hot when you load a battery and if they have been setting in the dust,
they smell some.  Just don't leave them in the henhouse--the burning
dust from would really stink.  Or maybe the dust from Farmer's shop or
mine might smell--some strange things have resided in both.
Bear
I leave the Christie in the shop on top of the old Wesinhoff generator
starter test bench--they just go together.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Cecil E Monson<mailto:cmonson at hvc.rr.com> 
  To: Antique tractor email discussion
group<mailto:at at lists.antique-tractor.com> 

  I just got a new Harbor Freight flyer and they have a 100 amp
  load battery tester with large meter and all on sale for $13.99. I
  don't know if it is a good deal or not if you have to pay freight and
  handling but if a HF store was close to me, I would go and check them
  out. They look just like the one I bought years ago and paid $40 for.
  C
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