How To Check A Car Battery With Multimeter. Using a Multimeter to Test a Car Battery. You can use a multimeter to find out if your battery has enough charge.

How to Check Your Car Battery with a Multimeter Set the device to read DC direct current voltage. As acid and dirt accumulates across and over the terminal the charge starts to leak. Place the red probe on the positive terminal and the black probe on the negative terminal.
You can use a multimeter to check if there is a leak on your car battery.
Turn the multimeter function dial to 20 VDC -- volts direct current -- or the closest direct current setting above 14 volts. The wavy line after a V is AC alternating current voltage and is for checking the mains voltage in your house. Second we will measure the current. Using a Multimeter to Test a Battery.
