Battery Monitors?

[dresslered]

What is everyone using in the way of battery monitors for their campers? Link 10/20 (http://www.statpower.com/products/product.asp?did=199)? Trimetric 2020 (http://www.bogartengineering.com/). Where did you buy it?

 

[klenger]

I have the Trimetric 2020. I bought it from N AZ Wind and Sun. See http://www.klenger.net/arctic-fox/solar/index.html for info on the monitor (about 1/2 down the page) and a link to N AZ Wind and Sun at the bottom of the page.



In short, the monitor works great, and is the only way IMHO to know what's going on with your batteries.

 

[rweis]

What size (wattage) of the 9100 do you use?



I would also like to hear from other TDR members that use the Progressive Dynamics IntelliPower 9100's and what size they use and for what conditions.



Bob Weis

 

[dresslered]

Good word on the Trimetric Klenger. It just so happens that the guy lives just a few miles down the road from me and appears to work out of his house. The Link 10/20 seems to be much more common, but the Trimetric has some nice features. The one concern that I had was that it utilizes LED displays which would consume a bit more power than LCD's would. I suppose they can be turned off, but constant display might be nice.



As far as the Progressive Dynamics IntelliPower 9100's, I went with the PD9160V (60-amp) with the charge wizard mainly because it would fit nicely into my older Magnetek Breakout box (fuse panel). Also, having only a slide-in camper, my electrical requirement are not that demanding.