Volt meter and such.... looking for a data panel...
i've been hunting... clicky right heee-a! let me know what ya think. pretty straight forward, no?
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bigcitypopo wrote:
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?
The installation of this meter really consists of 4 parts.
1. Mount the meter where you want it.
2. Install the shunt. The photo Mark posted shows the shunt. One end of it goes directly to ground. The other goes to the negative lead from the battery, which previously went to ground. Note that the shunt is not insulated so you have to figure out some way to mount the shunt so the ungrounded end is insulated from ground. It could be simple or not depending on the wiring of your battery. In my case the battery is under the floor in a plastic battery box. The wiring is exposed to everything kicked up by the tires. I mounted the shunt in a plastic box mounted to the ground stud used by the battery negative lead.
3. Connect the battery negative lead to the ungrounded end of the shunt.
4. Run the supplied 7 wire cable from the battery positive, the ground end of the shunt, the hot end of the shunt to the meter.
When I installed my ammeter I found the most challenging part was installing the shunt. YMMV
