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NetBoy
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Jul 02, 2012

Adding a Digital Volt Meter to show battery state of charge

Hi, I decided to add a digital volt meter to my motorhome to show the state of charge of the batteries - it will be handy when dry camping. Here is a table from the web site "The 12 Volt Side of Li...
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tenbear
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Jul 02, 2012
Hi NetBoy, great minds think alike, etc. Having a voltmeter is a great help when camping without electric hookup.

Here is where I installed my battery monitor some time ago. The switch below the meter is a SPDT to select either the converter output or the battery voltage. Since then I also installed a 120vac meter.

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