Poor Man's Trimetric?
I want a cheap sort of 12v battery monitor that can measure at least 100a and keep track of AH. Need some advice here on whether these possibles are any good in the first place, and then about the ac...
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landyacht318 wrote:
That ammeter your linked only reads Loads or sources, not both at once. It will read Zero amps on a 100 amp load when it is wired to read charging amperage.
Actually twisting the voltage and Amperage calibration pots was quite difficult as any pressure on the mini pots skewed the readings for a couple seconds after one removed all pressure from it, and while they appear to be phillips head, I had to use a very small flat heat in one of the 4 crosses to turn them.
Sorry to be a negative Nancy.
Shirley you aren't a Nancy.
So I will have to choose or get two! My priority by far is the battery charging amps. Thanks for the warning on that.
We'll see how it works out. Lives don't depend on the results, but it would be nice if it actually does what I want.
