MEX - I'll give that a try haha... I might like going down the slide myself...
I am not interested in absolute super accurate for my Dc CURRENT meter use... All I need to know is that I am approaching the 50% charge state of my batteries when camping off the power grid and hopefully that occurs at 8AM each morning when I am allowed to run my 2KW generator for three hours....
I have been using the DC VOLTMETER method for the past 3-4 years and haven't hurt my batteries yet performance wise... When I see them dropping back to around 12.0VDC then I know it's time to shut down and recharge my batteries. We normally pull around 12VDC @20 AMPS or so each evening between 6PM and 10-11PM running our stuff. If I was only running a headband lite I wouldn't worry about it. Candles and D-CELLS is what I grew up on back in the TENT CAMPING DAYS haha...
Would just be nice to see how many DC AMPS I am pulling from the camper appliances and how many DC AMPS I am putting into the batteries when being charged...
This will become more critical when I get some solar going...
To me who cares if it is a few percent off calibration hehe...
Roy Ken
