{"id":50927,"date":"2025-12-26T19:58:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T19:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=50927"},"modified":"2025-12-26T19:58:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T19:58:54","slug":"autos-battery-test-part-2-load-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/autos-battery-test-part-2-load-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Autos: battery test, part 2: load test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Self-tutoring about car batteries: the tutor mentions the load test.<\/h2>\n<p>\nThe following is according to my understanding.<\/p>\n<p>\nI mention in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/autos-battery-test\/\">my post from March 28, 2024<\/a> some preliminary tests one can perform on a car battery. One would assume, at least, that a multimeter would be used.<\/p>\n<p>\nThose tests don&#8217;t tell the whole story, however: a load test is important as well. To do a load test, one observes the voltage of the battery as the car starts; the battery voltage shouldn&#8217;t drop below 9.6V or 10V, depending on the source.<\/p>\n<p>\nIt seems that, in a non-running car, a battery can present a satisfactory voltage, yet still be unable to start the car. Once a car is started, even a struggling battery may manifest an apparently healthy voltage because it&#8217;s being supported by the alternator. I&#8217;ve witnessed both situations. Hence the need for a load test.<\/p>\n<p>Source:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=COJr7OB23Hw\">YouTube: ChrisFix: How to Test a Car Battery with a Multimeter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gq0iey9VC94\">YouTube: Revive My Ride: Car Battery Load Test With Multimeter<\/a><\/p>\nJack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\">Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.  \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self-tutoring about car batteries: the tutor mentions the load test. The following is according to my understanding. I mention in my post from March 28, 2024 some preliminary tests one can perform on a car battery. One would assume, at &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/autos-battery-test-part-2-load-test\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Autos: battery test, part 2: load test<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[188],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-autos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50927"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50933,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50927\/revisions\/50933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}