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NinerBikes
Sep 27, 2015Explorer
MrWizard wrote:
What was the power source for the meter
The megawatt or an independent source
Maybe 0.06 is the power needs of the rc watt meter
It has to use something
I have never checked mine in a no load situation
Power source for the RV Watt Meter is the MegaWatt.
With what I know, now, I am satisfied with .06Amp error in the charging rate. I know the RCWattmeter, for whatever reason, reads an honest 0.10V low, compared to the DMM, at the load side of the RC WattMeter, in the voltage ranges that I charge at, I tested it at various settings under regulation from the MegaWatt.
I have taken readings of both the RC watt meter, and with the Amp clamp, at the same time charging, they are always withing 0.2 Amp of each other at 15, 20, 30, even 38 Amps, when I first fired up the Mega Watt on a 17F Montana Morning T-1275 last year.
Clamp meter is a Uni_T 203 clamp amp meter. I don't meter enough electrical to warrant the BIGNUM$ price tag of a Fluke Meter yet.
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