Cheap ammeter for power hungry RV's
I am sure there is a post somewhere about installing an ammeter in a coach, but I haven't found one, so I thought I'd post about my first DIY project in our new Heartland Oakmont. This 5er is 42' l...
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Chuck_thehammer wrote:aviator41 wrote:Chuck_thehammer wrote:
so the high dollar protector is protecting the power inverter and Air Conditioner.. maybe a television or 2. an/or a residential refrigerator
every thing else is powered by 12 volts correct?
I have every dollar I have in my used truck and trailer for snowbirding... this coming will be year number 2.
I have an analog 120 volt meter hooked up full time.. and a digital 12 volt meter next to it.
my wood home.. in 40 years.. we lost the common of the 220 volt circuit once... No damage... but my Ham radio tower has been hit by lightning 17 times... no damage as its protected per National weather service information. except for the fuse .. that is how I know it was hit by lightning.
I hope you never need the high dollar protection.
it would be nice if REAL information and real numbers of
trailers damaged and destroyed by bad power to trailer/motorhomes..
and not what is just talked about.
Sorry for the derailment...
if I can earn a little extra doing yard work this summer .. I like the 20 dollar 30 amp unit..
Thank You for the nice write-up.. on an affordable meter.
It's interesting you mention your ham tower. I, too am a ham. Our tower here in Oklahoma gets a strike once a year on average. Sometimes more. It's quite the loud crack and we KNOW when it happens but like you, we installed our tower in accordance with NWS recommendations and have never lost of piece of equipment to lightning, just a fuse blown.
I have only been home once when lightning hit the tower... LOUD is an under statement. I live in a small valley and have many trees much higher that my 60 foot tower. and a 2 meter dipole above that...
Our QTH is among some rolling hills. while the tower doesn't reach above the trees, the antenna does. It' just a little dual band omni right now.
You got the loud comment right! I would SWEAR the first time the antenna got hit, it cracked a back window in our house. The DW still thinks it was just a coincidence.
