Do I really need a $200 Battery Monitor??
Been reading and looking at battery monitors. Seems like they come in all sizes shapes and prices, some with a shunt and some without. Do the roughly $200 monitors like Trimetric, Bluesky, Magnum, X...
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I'm in between: A Trimetric type device is too much and a simple voltmeter is too little.
What is needed is a simple voltmeter constantly monitoring the voltage on the RV battery bank's terminals to indicate approximate state of charge and a simple ammeter constantly monitoring the current into and out-of the battery bank to indicate equipment current usage rate, rate of charge when charging, and to tell when the batteries are fully charged.
That digital Bayite meter that the OP linked is so inexpensive that it might be worth giving it a try, as it provides everything I've mentioned above plus some more - it's "almost" equivalent to a Trimetric meter.
On the other hand, I wouldn't trust it to be high enough quality to last very long due to it's low cost.
What is needed is a simple voltmeter constantly monitoring the voltage on the RV battery bank's terminals to indicate approximate state of charge and a simple ammeter constantly monitoring the current into and out-of the battery bank to indicate equipment current usage rate, rate of charge when charging, and to tell when the batteries are fully charged.
That digital Bayite meter that the OP linked is so inexpensive that it might be worth giving it a try, as it provides everything I've mentioned above plus some more - it's "almost" equivalent to a Trimetric meter.
On the other hand, I wouldn't trust it to be high enough quality to last very long due to it's low cost.
