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House Battery Led Volt Meter
I have a 2005 Chevy Roadtrek 210. Is there an easy way to connect/install an Led voltmeter? I would like to install somewhere near the Monitor panel but can't seem to locate the hot and ground wires.
Thanks, Bob
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09-30-2023, 11:06 PM
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09-30-2023, 11:09 PM
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I sure didn't explain myself very well. I want to monitor the house battery not the chassis battery. Thanks.
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10-01-2023, 01:46 AM
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Volt meter
Used a hole saw for a round LED volt meter in the panel with the other indicators. Also for a momentary push button to activate the VM. Attached the + to one of the fuse terminals and the - to ground.
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10-01-2023, 01:53 AM
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That's what I was going to do but I can't seem to locate the hot and ground. I am used to red being hot and black being ground. ????
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10-01-2023, 02:03 AM
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On the fuse panel, find a fuse that remains hot, connect the wire from the VM marked POS or +, attach it to the fuse holding clip. locate any point that is grounded and connect the NEG or - wire. I don't recall where I did.
Easier done than described.
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10-01-2023, 03:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Deano
On the fuse panel, find a fuse that remains hot, connect the wire from the VM marked POS or +, attach it to the fuse holding clip. locate any point that is grounded and connect the NEG or - wire. I don't recall where I did.
Easier done than described.
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Thanks. Will be doing today.
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10-02-2023, 03:05 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bangorbob
I sure didn't explain myself very well. I want to monitor the house battery not the chassis battery. Thanks.
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You have no 12 volt outlets running off of the house battery?
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10-02-2023, 04:14 PM
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To all, Thanks for your inputs. It made me think a little. I dislike cables and devices I have to leave plugged into receptacles. That's just me. Anyway, I loosened the fuse panel and found a hot and ground. Drilled a hole and fit a usb/push button volt meter in.
When you click on the picture it rotates to normal view.
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10-05-2023, 05:19 PM
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That's a very nice looking installation. Far superior to what I rigged up on our 210P. The important thing is you now have a convenient source to give you the voltage of your batteries.
Here is an easy to understand color chart that I printed out years ago and keep handing, although over the years I have pretty well memorized the voltage to percent charged depicted here.
https://www.rvtechlibrary.com/battery/bat_volts.php
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10-06-2023, 12:07 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Doneworking
That's a very nice looking installation. Far superior to what I rigged up on our 210P. The important thing is you now have a convenient source to give you the voltage of your batteries.
Here is an easy to understand color chart that I printed out years ago and keep handing, although over the years I have pretty well memorized the voltage to percent charged depicted here.
https://www.rvtechlibrary.com/battery/bat_volts.php |
Thanks for the compliment. I enjoy working on things and try to do the best I can to make what I do nice. That's just me. Thanks for the chart.
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