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- hmmm.. do you guys have pics of your stuff, and how your wiring works... this stuff is kinda new to me. Am I over thinking it?
- I like the HALL EFFECT method as no high current wiring has to pass up to where the meter is being used. Leave all of that high current stuff next to the battery where it belongs and put a donut around it...
Just my preference of course...
Roy Ken - The hall effect device is just a replacement for a shunt, although its output voltage is different so it can't be directly substituted. Amp meters that work with a shunt (or the hall effect device) are actually volt meters & measure the voltage produced across the shunt or by the hall effect device.
A hall effect device can be used as a simple amp meter, or, combined with a voltage measurement, as a watt or system meter of the type in the original post. I do wish the manufacturers of these system monitors would design their products to work with hall effect sensors since the installation is so much easier, but, as far as I know, all are designed around shunts. - Hi OnaQuest,
I'm sure you did not mean it--but your post sounds a bit aggressive.
Just to set the record straight the Hall Effect meter shows positive and negative flow of amps.
It is rather neat to see the solar system sending energy to the chassis and lowering the load on the alternator.
I already have a volt meter (two, actually). I'm just offering options.OnaQuest wrote:
pianotuna wrote:
Hi,
I prefer hall effect ammeters myself, as no shunt is required.
hall effect
That's your preference, but all you have is an amp meter, for about the same price, where the other meter has the logic behind it to display AH used, Amps flowing, directional amp flow and voltage. Hardly the same function. I prefer shunt based operation. - Crcr's link has actual pictures. $35 is still not bad.
pianotuna wrote:
Hi,
I prefer hall effect ammeters myself, as no shunt is required.
hall effect
That's your preference, but all you have is an amp meter, for about the same price, where the other meter has the logic behind it to display AH used, Amps flowing, directional amp flow and voltage. Hardly the same function. I prefer shunt based operation.tenbear wrote:
Looks good but the price will probably go up. Still 5 days more to go.
Not clear to me how it switches between the various functions.
Click HERE -- same item from same seller, but with Buy it Now for $35.93- Looks good but the price will probably go up. Still 5 days more to go.
Not clear to me how it switches between the various functions. - Interesting capabilities.
Jim
