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RKW
Explorer
Nov 01, 2014

Can a solar charge controller act as a battery monitor?

Back in the day I installed a Link 10 battery monitor so I could know exactly what was going into and out of the battery bank while I was boondocking. Fast forward and I now have a new trailer and I'm...
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msiminoff
Explorer II
Nov 01, 2014
RKW wrote:
Can the modern charge controllers today double as a battery monitor of sorts? If, at the least, the charge controller registered every amp hour sent to the battery from all sources, that would meet my biggest need. Do the new controllers do this?

Hi RKW,
Bogart Engineering's TriMetric TM-2030 can do this when used in conjunction with their SC-2030 charge controller.
Here's a Quick Reference Guide that shows how the two interact.

Cheers,
-Mark

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