TrimetricSaves the Day Again
Still working on things getting the new to us 1991 Class C working right. Trimetric monitor saves the day again! Had to replace the busted dash radio with an old radio/CD player from a scrapped ve...
Forum Discussion
Harvey51 wrote:
I respectfully suggest it would be clearer to non-experts in our community to call it a "battery monitor", perhaps mentioning that the Trimetric brand is the top of the line and most expensive one.
Yes, one of expensive monitors. Victron is another one. Not sure which one is the top.
Yes, $15-20 will buy you a battery monitor, and $40 - a resettable monitor. Reportedly, accurate.
A beginner that doesn't know what Trimetric is, might a) not need one, or b) not know what to do with this device and its readings.
Scenario "B" seems to be common. Accounts on how nice is to be able to measure individual draw of all your devices by using Trimetric, are not annoying to "experts" (I believe), but rather, amusing. Mex must be laughing his ars off.
Yes, any battery monitor will do this. Any $5 digital meter, in fact. Do we need to measure exact draw of each and every device? Not sure. Full battery in the afternoon is my priority (not a big issue, thanks to local weather and big solar). Oh, and the meter on my MPPT controller does show current draw with all the corresponding increases, i.e. 1A with only fridge cycling, 0.6A more when I turn kitchen exhaust, and so on. Not that it matters.
Yes, it would've been nice if car manufacturers put $3 voltmeter in, in addition to stupid light "battery OK / check the battery" which light is probably necessary for, er... some car owners. Same goes for Christmas lights panel in RV, with indicators "battery full/half/empty".
Btw, what exactly was the reason to keep CD playing through all 4 speakers when nobody was listening? :) I'm probably getting old, must have missed something in this new to me technology...
