Panel Mount Digital Volt Meter

Got'cha!


"bumper" wrote in message
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On Friday, November 1, 2013 8:01:34 AM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
Not sure what you mean by "unloaded" in this context, Bumper.


Dan, That's the way my meter is connected as well, "across the bus" and so
reads the voltage of whichever battery is connected. What I meant by
"unloaded" is also as you describe . . . you can read each battery with no
additional load on it if desired. The point being that to use the voltage
function of say a Becker radio, the radio has to be turned on to view the
voltage and so it applying at least standby current load to the battery.

bumper

Got my panel mounted meter installed yesterday and love it. But then I
found that my radio, transponder, and power supplies for PCAS and Streak no
longer worked. I found an unknown in-line fuse in the spaghetti behind the
panel and it was blown. I replaced it and recovered the radio but not the
others. I'm going back in today...

I have fuses at the terminals of my batteries, so the in-line fuse must have
been there a long time without my knowledge. The wire was labeled "Battery
1". Maybe there's another. I'll remove them.


"bumper" wrote in message
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On Friday, November 1, 2013 8:01:34 AM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
Not sure what you mean by "unloaded" in this context, Bumper.


Dan, That's the way my meter is connected as well, "across the bus" and so
reads the voltage of whichever battery is connected. What I meant by
"unloaded" is also as you describe . . . you can read each battery with no
additional load on it if desired. The point being that to use the voltage
function of say a Becker radio, the radio has to be turned on to view the
voltage and so it applying at least standby current load to the battery.

bumper

Jim,

Sorry to hear about the infant death on your LASCAR LM1200. I also have been using mine for a long time (6 years) without any issue. Try another and get your money back if you can.

The super mini LASCAR 1AS-BL, with its 0.22" high LCD, looks really interesting (maybe too small?) but the single threaded stud on the LM series sure is slick!

- John

On Friday, November 1, 2013 10:45:56 AM UTC-5, Admin Gliderguider wrote:
http://www.gliderguider.net/batttery_monitor.htm



Just a single 6.5mm hole in the panel and two wires across your

on-board battery supply. Developed specifically for use with 12V

Sealed Lead Acid/Gel Cell batteries in the range 7-18 Ahr. Notably,

the three thresholds (for Green, Yellow & Red) have been preset

for batteries which are NOT used while connected to a charger.



Regards

Allan

www.gliderguider.net

Will this indicator work with these batteries: http://www.eglider.org/battery-12-vo...e-battery.html ?

Kirk
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Check out this one - it's the smallest I can find...
http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/search/pro...sp?sku=1215412




At 04:02 03 November 2013, JohnDeRosa wrote:
Jim,

Sorry to hear about the infant death on your LASCAR LM1200. I also have
been using mine for a long time (6 years) without any issue. Try
another
and get your money back if you can.

The super mini LASCAR 1AS-BL, with its 0.22" high LCD, looks really
interesting (maybe too small?) but the single threaded stud on the LM
series sure is slick!

- John

Check out this one - it's the smallest I can find...
http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/search/pro...sp?sku=1215412




At 04:02 03 November 2013, JohnDeRosa wrote:
Jim,

Sorry to hear about the infant death on your LASCAR LM1200. I also have
been using mine for a long time (6 years) without any issue. Try
another
and get your money back if you can.

The super mini LASCAR 1AS-BL, with its 0.22" high LCD, looks really
interesting (maybe too small?) but the single threaded stud on the LM
series sure is slick!

- John

This one requires only a 5.5 mm hole in the panel to mount the meter. I
have one in my panel and it is great:
http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/sto...001_2095040_-1

Of course, it ships from the USofA...


"Bryan Searle" wrote in message
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Check out this one - it's the smallest I can find...
http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/search/pro...sp?sku=1215412




At 04:02 03 November 2013, JohnDeRosa wrote:
Jim,

Sorry to hear about the infant death on your LASCAR LM1200. I also have
been using mine for a long time (6 years) without any issue. Try
another
and get your money back if you can.

The super mini LASCAR 1AS-BL, with its 0.22" high LCD, looks really
interesting (maybe too small?) but the single threaded stud on the LM
series sure is slick!

- John