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rainy029
Explorer
Jul 28, 2014

Can someone tell me how to read this correctly

We are taking a trip for 10 days. We have never taken along a battery before. How do you read the lights on this monitor if we lose electric and have to rely on the battery? When the battery is hook...
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Gjac
Explorer III
Jul 28, 2014
I would get a mulimeter if you don't already have one and check the battery once it is fully charged, 12.6 volts or higher, then see which light corresponds to a fully charged battery. Having said that I would trust the multimeter reading over the light readings which may or may not be accurate. In ten days you will have to recharge your battery somehow if you are dry camping. Do you have just 1 12v battery or 2 6 v batteries connected to make a 12 v?

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