Thoughts on this battery meter
Basck when I upgraded the wiring to the batteries, and installed my PD converter/charger, I added a voltmeter: I use this to monitor converter output, ie, when the PD is in boost mode, and al...
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From what I can tell, it is a voltmeter with a graphic representation of volts at the top. The other number might be state of charge, but 50% would not correspond with green so who knows. It is probably accurate at reading the volts. State of charge, it's probably the same logic as we have on the OEM control centers in our RVs. You know, the 3 or 4 LEDs for battery, holding tanks, etc.
If you are up for installing a shunt at the battery negative terminal, and running a 4-wire phone or thermostat cable to that meter location, for $40 you can have an ebay combo meter which tells you volts, amps, aggregate amp-hours, battery state of charge, and more.
If you are up for installing a shunt at the battery negative terminal, and running a 4-wire phone or thermostat cable to that meter location, for $40 you can have an ebay combo meter which tells you volts, amps, aggregate amp-hours, battery state of charge, and more.
