When your car doesn’t start, often the battery is the culprit. Unfortunately, most vehicle owners do not check their battery until it fails. As preventative maintenance, the suggested best practice is ...

Learn more on how to test a car battery with a Multimeter. Our team of experts prepared the guide on everything you need to know about testing a car battery.

This video covers the essential steps to properly test a car's alternator and diagnose common alternator issues. The guide demonstrates how to check the voltage regulator, diode rectifier, stator, and ...

One of the simplest tasks a digital multimeter can perform is a basic voltage test on a car battery. Positive and negative terminals, hooked up to the car or not, will give a base number.

The way to check for a battery drawing is by using a multimeter set to milliamps inline with the negative battery cable disconnected from the battery with the vehicle keyed off (on a fully charged ...

For all of you who have a multimeter thrown in a drawer or toolbox but don’t know how to use it, these instructions will help in your search for missing voltage.

For example, a fully charged AA battery should have a reading of at least 1.5 volts. And you can use your multimeter to test virtually any battery ranging from AAAs to car batteries.

When your car doesn’t start, often the battery is the culprit. Unfortunately, most vehicle owners do not check their battery until it fails. As preventative maintenance, the suggested best practice is ...