PerryB67 wrote:
StirCrazy wrote:
I'll second this one. a generic version of the Victron that works just as well at 1/5 the price, just doesnt have bluetooth. very simple install remove your negitive patery cable, run a new short one from the battery to this, then your old cable you tookoff on to the other end of the shunt. run a tiny power wire to the shunt, then find a place to dril the small hole run the wire and your done. inital setting you just enter how many AH your battery is and your off.
Sorry, not even close to the information/history the Victron 712 shunt's have. A friend has one and it's just a realtime meter, with no history. It's the history that told me our WFCO delivered 21 volts to ruin our batteries. No telling how many batteries would have been ruined before realizing it was the WFCO.
You get what you pay for.
Enjoy,
Perry
your first mistake was spending to much on a battery monitor and leaving a WFCO in your unit ;) just kidding, well not realy. I always make a new converter of my choosing (usaly a PD varient) part of the deal to purchase. as for the victron, I did want Bluetooth, history, or anything.. I wanted to know how much battery was left as the 1991 cmper had nothing to indicate battery state of charge or anything. it has all the same readouts as the comparable victron at the time minus the hystory feature and one other one I cant think off... oh ya It hours to dead at the current draw, who cares realy about that.. no bluetooth when I got it and I spent 32 bucks CDN so 2.99 US haha and the 501 victro was over 200 CDN.
plus I believe the original poster asked for the simplest not the most expensive, but that could just be how I read it.
