Good battery: 2009 Toyota Corolla LE with the Toyota OEM battery (550CCA)
Bad battery: 2011 Honda CR-Z with a Honda OEM 151R battery
Tester: Foxwell BT715 Battery Analyzer
Reviews:
- First impression after open the package.
The case is protected by a cardboard box which itself is wrapped in DHL packaging.
The carrying case is very sturdy.
90 inches (Approx 230cm) long cable.
- Testing Toyota OEM battery 550CCA (good) with BT715
Let’s go outside and hook Foxwell BT715 up to the 2009 Toyota Corolla LE with the Toyota OEM battery (550CCA), it is a good battery.
The screen display 12.50V, press “Enter” button.
12 Volt system
Regular.
In vehicle.
Top post.
Regular -> CCA -> 550CCA.
Good battery.
Press “Enter” to start test.
Star Engine.
Charging No problem:
1/4 battery (Volts / Measured / Rated)
2/4 Battery (SOH / SOC /RES)
3/4 Cranking (Volts /Time)
4/4 Charging (Load / Noload)
- Testing Honda OEM 151R battery(bad) with Foxwell BT-715
This is a 2011 Honda CR-Z with a Honda OEM 151R battery, the 12v battery is about 6 months old, it’s not actually used to start the car as this car uses the high voltage hybrid battery to start, but the 12v is required to run all the electronics including the ECU, so it does have to provide some power, the 12v battery has completely died and I had to jump it a few times.
I will only be doing a battery test as this car does not have an alternator and the tool cannot test DC-DC converters.
The screen display 12.39V, press “Enter” button.
12 Volt system
Regular.
In vehicle.
Top post
Regular
CCA (You can select different battery standards here)
The Honda OEM 151R battery is rated for 360 CCA, so we will adjust the settings here.
Above 0°C
So Foxwell BT715 shows that the battery is bad as we expected and it recommends a replacement. I will probably be getting a new one from Honda as it should be under warranty.
Thanks!
