Battery Monitor
This one looks very attractive. It's not in stock anywhere I can find. Anyone using this and how do you like it? BALMAR SG205
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Balmar generally makes good stuff, but the reviews on their newer battery monitors have been rather mixed.. If you are looking for a stand alone battery monitor and don't plan on adding solar charge controllers, inverters etc, then the SG205 is probably a reasonable choice. But if you are also looking at other components, then the Victron smart shunt is probably better as it integrates well into to their ecosystem. Functionally they appear to be about the same.
Their old smart gauge worked very well for lead acid battery banks, but wouldn't work at all for lithium batteries.
Their old smart gauge worked very well for lead acid battery banks, but wouldn't work at all for lithium batteries.
