Autel MaxiBAS BT608 Battery and Electrical System Analyser

Description

The MaxiBAS BT608 does two jobs, and that is the reason to look at it. It is a proper battery and electrical system analyser with a printer built in, and it is also a full-system diagnostic scanner with the same vehicle coverage as Autel’s MX808 and MK808 range. For anyone doing mobile battery work or running a busy bay, that is one tool in the van instead of two.

Testing that holds up on a discharged battery

The BT608 uses Adaptive Conductance rather than a simple conductance reading. In practice that means it will test a battery that is flat or nearly flat, in the vehicle, without disconnecting the terminals, and still give you a result you can act on. That matters in January, when the batteries you are called out to are exactly the ones a basic tester will misread.

It covers 6V and 12V batteries from 100 to 3000 CCA: flooded, AGM, AGM Spiral, EFB and GEL. It reads the common rating standards, so CCA, CA, SAE, EN, IEC, DIN, JIS and MCA. A tester that cannot tell an AGM from a tired flooded battery will have you fitting batteries that did not need fitting and walking away from ones that did, which is why the start/stop battery types matter more than the headline CCA figure.

Beyond the battery itself it runs the full cranking and charging test, so you can tell the customer whether the problem is the battery, the starter or the alternator before you sell them anything.

The printer is the part that pays for itself

The BT608 prints the test result on the spot from its built-in thermal printer, and it will email the report as well. Handing someone a printed result on their driveway justifies the battery sale there and then, and it ends the argument three weeks later about whether the work was needed. The first disputed callout it prevents has paid for the difference over a basic tester.

It also keeps a data record you can review, which is worth having when a customer rings back.

And it is a full-system scanner

The BT608 reads and erases codes and views live data across all available systems, with the same vehicle and year coverage as the MX808, MK808 and MK808BT. If you are starting out and weighing a battery tester against a diagnostic tablet, this is the tool that does not force the choice.

Pairs with the BTAK kit

Add the MaxiBAS BTAK kit and the BT608 gains a DM100 digital multimeter and a 400 amp current clamp, with the readings displayed graphically on the tester. That turns it into a parasitic drain and circuit fault tool, which is the job that usually follows a battery that keeps going flat with nothing obviously wrong.

Specification

Downloads

• Autel MaxiBAS BT608 user manual (PDF)
• Autel MaxiBAS BT608 quick start guide (PDF)

Buying it from us

Supplied through the UK distribution hub with a UK serial number and a valid UK support tag, which entitles you to Autel UK’s technical support for the tool and its software. That does not apply to grey or parallel imports.

We do not hold stock on a shelf. It ships direct from the UK warehouse, usually two to three working days from order.

For orders and anything commercial, ring us on 0121 751 0075.