Volt Meter
I'm far from an expert on battery banks but would like to find some sort of volt meter to mount in the wall to keep track of my batteries. Something simple with a momentary switch so it's not a draw. ...
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64thunderbolt wrote:
I'm not new to dry camping so I know the batt will not recharge while making a pot of coffee. I would like to know after running the furnace all night where I'm at. ie Am I @ 12v or 10 or 11 and so on. Wouldn't be 10 LOL the sail switch stops @ 10.5. I have been doing it for over 15 yrs without any V meter. Don't want an expensive control panel just something simple. If I really want to know the exact soc I will check with a hydrometer. Just wanting to get an idea of what I can do before recharging. Thanks everyone for the replies. I'm gonna figure out what I need for my purpose. Just didn't know where to get these things as Radio Shack doesn't have them. The only momentary switch they have is a push button and I want a rocker and they have no panel meters.
Does your rig have an "idiot light" meter? Ours is mounted on the range hood. It is just a coarse voltmeter. I know from that when it is time to recharge the batts at near 50% SOC because that is when the yellow (fair)light stays on and does not bounce back to green anymore when a load is turned off. If it gets to red I know I have gone below 50%.
Close enough for general camping purposes
