i feel that maybe i am seriously handicapping my novice-level electricity monitoring with my pocket multimeter from radio shack
which a former electrician adult student recommended 15 years back in my teaching days. i also have an old banged-up-a-bit exide trickle charger and a walmart everstart 50/10/2 amp charger. i got these to monitor our small old 40 hp outboard dual cycle boat battery. (now with a sole 5.5 y/o walmart everstart happily reating at 12.7 v w/ only monthly 4 hr trickle-ups).
ls there an easy to read, pretty simple meter that would give me amp readings and some reliable indication of the state-of-charge of a battery? maybe load test too? simple and easy to see are important.
