Keep us posted on the ammeter solution. I want one of those in/out temp/voltmeter things too. And I was going to do the same thing with the toggle switch. I was planning to put it over the driver's door so I could see both while driving and camping. Are you saying the internal light is on all the time when it is measuring voltage? Edward At 07:49 PM 10/10/2004, you wrote: >I did mount a voltmeter next to the water level/ battery monitor panel, >using one of those Radio Shack indoor/outdoor thermometers with built-in >battery voltmeter-monitors and digital clock. A SPDT toggle switch lets me >switch the input of the voltmeter between the aux and engine battery. I >used a center-off on-off-on switch so that I could set it to center >position to monitor neither battery. Doing so causes the readout display >light to shut off at night. I mounted the "outdoor" thermal sensor in the >refrigerator. Now I have means to monitor the voltage of the two >batteries, the cabin temp, the reefer temp, and the time o' day. > >-- >Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott >71 Type 2: the Wonderbus >84 Westphalia: "Mellow Yellow (The Electrical Banana)" >KG6RCR |
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