Ammeter/ Volt meter adjustment
I installed a cheap meter to read volts and amps sometime ago along with a shunt. There are two pots on the meter one for volts and one for amps. The volts I set with my volt meter but the amps I can ...
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The inverter neg would go to the outer end too but only if you are using the ammeter to measure draws not charging inputs, with the one way meter.
I just tried to calibrate my ammeter part and the same little screwdriver that turned the voltage pot easily would not turn the ammeter pot so I pushed harder and the pot screw head came off!!! Drat, very flimsy. So now there is nothing to grab onto to turn it and it is stuck. Also I must have done something because it was reading 3 amps (with 12 amps worth of lights on) and after I broke it, it read 234 amps. Phooey. So now I have a $12 voltmeter and don't need the shunt. I think the shunt will make a good buss bar for another job though.
Hope your meter project goes better than mine did! :)
I just tried to calibrate my ammeter part and the same little screwdriver that turned the voltage pot easily would not turn the ammeter pot so I pushed harder and the pot screw head came off!!! Drat, very flimsy. So now there is nothing to grab onto to turn it and it is stuck. Also I must have done something because it was reading 3 amps (with 12 amps worth of lights on) and after I broke it, it read 234 amps. Phooey. So now I have a $12 voltmeter and don't need the shunt. I think the shunt will make a good buss bar for another job though.
Hope your meter project goes better than mine did! :)
