{"id":402,"date":"2015-07-24T02:03:47","date_gmt":"2015-07-24T02:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/?p=402"},"modified":"2020-03-05T06:18:34","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T06:18:34","slug":"how-to-operate-launch-bst-460-for-battery-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/how-to-operate-launch-bst-460-for-battery-test\/","title":{"rendered":"How to operate launch BST-460 for  battery test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now we show you how to use the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/goods-4445-Original+Launch+BST-460+Battery+System+Tester.html\"> launch BST -460 <\/a>test battery after you buy it from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/\"> www.obd2tool.com <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Connect Tester<\/p>\n<p>Before test <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/goods-4445-Original+Launch+BST-460+Battery+System+Tester.html\">Launch BST460 battery test <\/a>, clean battery poles with metal wire brush and alkaline detergent to avoid the tolerance caused by oil and dust to the test result.<\/p>\n<p>For Group31 or side-installed battery, install and fix the terminal wiring connector. Otherwise, inaccurate test result will be<\/p>\n<p>caused due to wrong installation or dirty or bad wiring connectors.<\/p>\n<p>While testing, ensure none of the in-vehicle electrical appliance is on, doors are closed and the ignition key is in OFF status.<\/p>\n<p>Connect the red test clamp with battery anode and the black one with cathode.<\/p>\n<p>Shake the clamps back and forth to make sure they are well connected.<\/p>\n<p>The tester requires the two clamps are well connected with the battery poles. Otherwise, the tester cannot power on. In this case,<\/p>\n<p>clean the poles and re-connect it properly.<\/p>\n<p>Tester has reverse connection protection function. When clamps are reversely connected, tester screen will not light, but it damages<\/p>\n<p>neither the tester nor the automotive load.<\/p>\n<p>NOTE for launch bst460 car testing tool : For parallel connected batteries, break off the cathode connection first, then do single test to each battery. Suppose<\/p>\n<p>cathode connection is not cut off, there will be error in test result.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/goods-4445-Original+Launch+BST-460+Battery+System+Tester.html\">Battery Test<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After entering battery test program, the tester will display the tester model and version approx. 2 seconds, see figure 3.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/QQ\u622a\u56fe20150724100004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-403\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/QQ\u622a\u56fe20150724100004-300x78.jpg\" alt=\"QQ\u622a\u56fe20150724100004\" width=\"300\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/QQ\u622a\u56fe20150724100004-300x78.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/QQ\u622a\u56fe20150724100004.jpg 647w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The tester will display the following contents in a sequence, select the desired items accordingly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/goods-4445-Original+Launch+BST-460+Battery+System+Tester.html\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/images\/upload\/Image\/launch-bst-460-battery-tester-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now we show you how to use the launch BST -460 test battery after you buy it from www.obd2tool.com Connect<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[185,183,184],"views":4281,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8521,"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions\/8521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}