Megger BITE3 Battery Impedance Tester

Product Code: BITE3

Megger BITE3 Battery Impedance Tester

The Megger BITE3 Battery Impedance Tester is a handheld, portable instrument suitable for assessing the condition of lead-acid battery cells designed to output electrical current up to 2000Ah.

Typical installations in which the BITE3 is used include the following:

Electrical power stations
DNO substations
OSP, wireless, POPs, MTSOs, fiber telecoms facilities
UPS systems
Railway applications
Aircraft battery systems
Marine and military applications

Unlike battery load-cycle testing, the Megger BITE3 can be used by one individual to easily, quickly and precisely measure cell impedance, internal resistance, cell voltage, inter-cell connection resistance and ripple current without disconnecting the battery system.

The screen of the instrument is a high resolution LCD capable of displaying data analysis allowing for instant feedback on the status of a battery cell. Test results are displayed and scrolled over three screen selections; the first screen displays numerical test data, the second screen is an impedance deviation graph and the third screen displays an ascending impedance deviation graph. The ascending impedance graph groups the weakest cells together for straightforward analysis. By selecting the optional printer above, these results can be printed onsite and left as a record for future measurements.

Powered by a Microsoft Windows CE Operating System, the instrument is not only fast, but can store up to 1 million battery test records in any string configuration. The BITE3 is also supplied with Megger’s PowerDB Software (1001-381) that allows for these records to be analysed as part of an on-going maintenance record and compared onsite to previous recordings; moreover the BITE3 can be accurately configured using the software package.