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Yeah, I still carry a multimeter but for other stuff now. Don’t need to pop the bonnet, open a cupboard, etc to check anything - can stay seated near the campfire with a beer and check it if needed. 😊Quote:
Originally Posted by weeds
Also found I wanted to check batt volts one night after I’d jumped into bed as I wanted to run a fan all night - easy as. 👍
Brian, or anyone with a D4. Does the negative terminal come from the factory with the ability to connect other cables to it? In my D3 all negative wires are grounded to the chassi. You can’t attach anything extra to the neg terminal.
I went to Supercheap yesterday and got a monitor. Good bit of kit.
Mine did (2016 TDV6)Quote:
Originally Posted by SeanC
Hi again folks, this link will give you more info about the BM2 monitors.
PLEASE NOTE I no long supply these.
BM2 Bluetooth Battery Voltage Monitors
For overnighters I don’t even give batteries a second though....Quote:
Originally Posted by Homestar
If the car is parked up for the whole day with solar....again I don’t even give a second thought.
If it’s cloudy/raining and I’m parked up all day I start to think about checking...
Oh, I only have 1 aux and it separates from the starter as soon as I kill the donk....only run one fridge and one led light strip.....
Hang on....about to install a travel Buddy Oven......nah still won’t be overly worried.
Agreed, I don’t check mine one short stays, but depending on what I’m doing and what the weather is like I do. My van runs a 90 litre Engel 24/7 off its batteries even when I’m not using it which the batteries cope with fine, but long stays, overcast weather, heaters, tv’s, etc will see me keeping an eye on them.
Yep. Got my eye one too. Nothing like a hot pie for lunch. Where are you thinking of putting it? How are you going to mount it?Quote:
Originally Posted by weeds
Er whoops, just noticed this is a D3/4 thread......Quote:
Originally Posted by SeanC
Mine is going above the fridge and accessed through the gull wing on he defer
I’m actually giving it a run tonight for the first time, on the bench in the garage.
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But multi-meters don't have an alarm on them. [wink11] I've got a visual gauge inside the camper, but as Gav said, it's only good whilst the campers open. I also like the history, but I'm because I'm a nerd and an analyst :)Quote:
Originally Posted by weeds
Not sure if I'll bother using the other 2 in the Defender - I can already see one battery's voltage on the Madman gauge. Probably palm them off to someone else if I don't use them.
As most of us know, for the battery management system to work effectively we connect the negative terminal of all accessories to the body earth.
How are these best connected? Directly to both the positive and negative or negative to the chassis?