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Surviver76
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Apr 04, 2018

96 Lance 3000: Systems Monitor - Battery Monitor Questions?

Hi Guys, I have what seems an odd occurrence I need guidance on soon. A short or some sort of failure is interrupting the charge signal to my AGM 115ah battery so it gets less & less which I know is ...
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MEXICOWANDERER
Explorer
Apr 04, 2018
I rate manufacturer instrumentation right up there with the "FREE TOY INSIDE" boxes of breakfast cereal. A snabble of plastic worth a fraction of a penny.

They are inaccurate
They are unreliable
Battery manufacturers love them if the battery warranty period has expired.

I played around with a new FOX OEM meter. After swapping out resistors and other components, I got voltage fairly accurate. A month or so later, the accuracy went all to hell. The cereal box toy went into the dumpster.

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