riggyk
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Guys,
As is the case with my perpetual naivety on all this stuff, I need some pointers/help with battery management and charge/depletion monitoring devices....
I've bought this digital voltmeter..... (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005UWD2J4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1)
Is it as simple as just throwing a hot/lead wire from the voltmeter and tapping it to one of the battery posts in the bank and reading the voltage? ~ (slightly less than) 12V = fully charged? Anything below that indicates depletion?
I'm curious if a single voltmeter is sufficient or if there's a different/ideal way to go about reading your battery charge status.... I'm scrapping the fridge in my setup and now running only personal charging devices off the inverter and low draw 12v items off my setup, so I'm thinking my energy demand will be greatly reduced and not much of an issue. (Now have a 600W Inverter that might be overkill! BLAH)
As is the case with my perpetual naivety on all this stuff, I need some pointers/help with battery management and charge/depletion monitoring devices....
I've bought this digital voltmeter..... (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005UWD2J4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1)
Is it as simple as just throwing a hot/lead wire from the voltmeter and tapping it to one of the battery posts in the bank and reading the voltage? ~ (slightly less than) 12V = fully charged? Anything below that indicates depletion?
I'm curious if a single voltmeter is sufficient or if there's a different/ideal way to go about reading your battery charge status.... I'm scrapping the fridge in my setup and now running only personal charging devices off the inverter and low draw 12v items off my setup, so I'm thinking my energy demand will be greatly reduced and not much of an issue. (Now have a 600W Inverter that might be overkill! BLAH)