I've seen some recent posts regarding shunt-type battery monitors. While I'm a newcomer to the camper forums, I've been hanging out for a long time on the boating (cruising) forums, so I thought I'd mention a different type of monitor that is getting some attention lately in the boating world.
Here's a great independent write up by a very well regarded technician.
http://www.pbase.com...ing/smart_gauge
Balmar SmartGauge battery monitor
Started by
Rusty123
, Sep 08 2014 12:45 AM
3 replies to this topic
#1
Posted 08 September 2014 - 12:45 AM
#2
Posted 08 September 2014 - 02:23 AM
$319.00 is a lot of money. I guess if you were out on a boat or camped away from the grid long enough I might be worth it.
Bill Harr 2005 Tundra and a 2013 Hawk custom interior.
#3
Posted 08 September 2014 - 08:29 PM
This monitor looks very interesting. The installation is dead simple. The only down side is the lack of some features like amp draw. I had no idea the shunt type monitors were so difficult to "dial in"
#4
Posted 09 September 2014 - 03:10 AM
Amperage is a useful thing to measure, to calculate daily energy budget, for example. But you can install a relatively inexpensive ammeter (without the sophisticated algorithms of a monitor) to obtain those values.
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