How To Test Your Vehicle’s Starter Amperage Draw!! #starter #noStart #slowStart

[derp]

You need to zero/calibrate it. Measuring 1.6A with no current through the clamp

[nickmalone]

Make sure your meter does DC amperage ...many models are only AC

[Mark-vdoi]

CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH ..OF ELECTRIC STUFF. WHEN WE GET UP IN AGE ....ITS HARD TO REMEMBER WHAT WE ONCE KNEW. THANKS FOR THESE TYPE OF VIDIEOS. THIS WORLD NEEDS PEOPLE LIKE YOU ..

[therealmikebizzle]

me standing completely dumbfounded, feeling the sudden urge to purchase.
dude be like the snap on gets me every freakin time

I hate tools

[salvatorehayes]

320 Is The Surge. Once The Starter Is Spinning With Counter EMF The Continuous Draw Is Probably About 120Amps.

[HUMINT]

As young man I always got confused on what a car used in terms of AC or DC power. I think it was the fact that most vehicles I worked on had either a generator or alternator. Alternator being the word that messed me up.

Thanks for the tip.

[danielj]

That would be high. Disable the spark and crank and after the initial draw it’ll drop to a consistent lower amp reading . Some say you can put on negative lead but I guess that’s debatable.

[flightmaster]

Around 3, 800 watts.

Of course amperage will decrease overall as it's cranking. Turbo prop engines like the PT-6 I know draw a little over 1, 000 amps with the 24V battery (~24, 000 watts).

[thomaslowder]

if thst translates to cca you can use that to find out how strong of a battery you need

[bobbythompson]

Now test it in cold weather see if the amps go up

[magnumgamer]

U could test compression to if u had a scope that way.

[MarissaTheMuse]

Do a video on testing parasitic draw with a clamp meter and with regular meter, as well as checking alternator health

[james]

Thanks like a year ago i went searching on YouTube for a similar video to see what the peak number was but couldn't find anything and my dc clamp meter only goes to 200 amps i had considered ordering one that goes to like 1000 amps and does inrush and making a video but i didn't

[goatsinker]

Subtract 1.6. You didn’t zero out the meter. Thought it would’ve drawn more amps. My power inverter pulls twice as much when i’m welding.

[metalsurgeon]

Do a voltage drop test. Both sides of the circuit. If it's not getting all the volts because of a bad connect, it will drive the amperage up. 125 amps sustained cranking, 2-300 peak to get it moving.

[jake]

I am genuinely curious to try this on my scion IQ. 1.33l 4 cylinder hooked to a CVT, I bet I could just about start it with my smoke detector battery 😂 When the battery died in my 17 subaru legacy and it would not start the 2.5 without a 3-5 second crank, it still started the IQ almost instantly after the tiny 275cca, 10 year old OEM battery died.

[seventhladderautosport]

My NCV button never worked out the box

[jaredreck]

Stuff like this reminds me I know nothing about cars

[SuperNintendoChalmers]

Max is 600? I think a diesel cold start would max it out.

[kevinavillain]

SETTINGS SETTINGS SETTINGS . Definitely I'm learning without the right settings all your information is garbage.