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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SCVJeff wrote:The chart that shows 10.5 volts as dead is actually while the battery in under moderate load.
Probably not needed, but the problem with just a voltmeter is that you need to measure things at rest to reflect the charts mentioned above. Once I got used to and confident in my SOC readings, that's now all I use
Kinda get used to it. Monitor is accurate within maybe 5 percent and the voltmeter probably 10 percent. The 10 percent is fine for most usage IMO.
