pianotuna
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Skibane wrote:pianotuna wrote:Hi,
If you are NOT using Li batteries the very best meter may be the smartgauge. It actually tracks the "real" capacity. It checks the voltage several thousand times per minute.
http://www.smartgauge.co.uk/
I don't look at my meter several thousand times per minute.
Why would my meter need to make several thousand battery voltage measurements every minute?
Read about how it works at this link: https://marinehowto.com/smartgauge-battery-monitoring-unit/
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Regards, Don
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pianotuna wrote:Hi,
If you are NOT using Li batteries the very best meter may be the smartgauge. It actually tracks the "real" capacity. It checks the voltage several thousand times per minute.
http://www.smartgauge.co.uk/ Balmar sells the Smartgauge in the US.
It appears to have been replaced with the SG200. Same features and includes LiFePO4 capability. Very impressive system. I couldn't prove this but it appears to communicate using a CAN network.
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While as an installer, I love the idea of the Victron Smart Shunt, it concerns me that it needs a smartphone. Many of my clients shut off the phone and pack it in a Pelican box on departure. These devices are not know to love sea water.
I don't have one because I really like the old Bogart Trimetric staring me in the face and being hard to ignore. If I have to fire up an app to know the status of the house bank, that is just too inconvenient for me as I have enough to do already.
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Skibane wrote:pianotuna wrote:Hi,
If you are NOT using Li batteries the very best meter may be the smartgauge. It actually tracks the "real" capacity. It checks the voltage several thousand times per minute.
http://www.smartgauge.co.uk/
I don't look at my meter several thousand times per minute.
Why would my meter need to make several thousand battery voltage measurements every minute?
I check the Smartguage meter out,
and having no shunt it appears to be strictly voltage based…Maybe I missed it, but it looks like they are keeping their SOC methodology a well kept secret (I donno??).
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Matt_Colie wrote:While as an installer, I love the idea of the Victron Smart Shunt, it concerns me that it needs a smartphone. I only wish every device had an app - and eventually they will. What bugs me is having to fork out more money just for a monitor for my inverter. And my smartphone doesn't see much seawater, or any water. It takes about 8 seconds to fire up the Victron app.
My phone is an integral part of being just about anywhere. I'm not 'camping' and getting away from it all, I'm just living somewhere else.
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2oldman wrote:Matt_Colie wrote:While as an installer, I love the idea of the Victron Smart Shunt, it concerns me that it needs a smartphone. I only wish every device had an app - and eventually they will. What bugs me is having to fork out more money just for a monitor for my inverter. And my smartphone doesn't see much seawater, or any water.
My phone is an integral part of being just about anywhere. I'm not 'camping' and getting away from it all, I'm just living somewhere else.
Victrons BMV 12 doesn’t require a
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Skibane
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pianotuna wrote:Skibane wrote:pianotuna wrote:Hi,
If you are NOT using Li batteries the very best meter may be the smartgauge. It actually tracks the "real" capacity. It checks the voltage several thousand times per minute.
http://www.smartgauge.co.uk/
I don't look at my meter several thousand times per minute.
Why would my meter need to make several thousand battery voltage measurements every minute?
Read about how it works at this link: https://marinehowto.com/smartgauge-battery-monitoring-unit/
There isn't anything on that page which explains why it needs to measure battery voltage several thousand times a minute.
The word "minute" doesn't even appear on that page.
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pianotuna
Regina, SK, Canada
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Skibane wrote:pianotuna wrote:Skibane wrote:pianotuna wrote:Hi,
If you are NOT using Li batteries the very best meter may be the smartgauge. It actually tracks the "real" capacity. It checks the voltage several thousand times per minute.
http://www.smartgauge.co.uk/
I don't look at my meter several thousand times per minute.
Why would my meter need to make several thousand battery voltage measurements every minute?
Read about how it works at this link: https://marinehowto.com/smartgauge-battery-monitoring-unit/
There isn't anything on that page which explains why it needs to measure battery voltage several thousand times a minute.
The word "minute" doesn't even appear on that page.
It checks 1500 per second. When I was in school a second was part of a minute. But perhaps they don't teach that anymore.
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Skibane
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pianotuna wrote:Skibane wrote:pianotuna wrote:Skibane wrote:pianotuna wrote:Hi,
If you are NOT using Li batteries the very best meter may be the smartgauge. It actually tracks the "real" capacity. It checks the voltage several thousand times per minute.
http://www.smartgauge.co.uk/
I don't look at my meter several thousand times per minute.
Why would my meter need to make several thousand battery voltage measurements every minute?
Read about how it works at this link: https://marinehowto.com/smartgauge-battery-monitoring-unit/
There isn't anything on that page which explains why it needs to measure battery voltage several thousand times a minute.
The word "minute" doesn't even appear on that page.
It checks 1500 per second. When I was in school a second was part of a minute. But perhaps they don't teach that anymore.
Why does that matter?
Why does my battery meter need to check its voltage 1500 times per second?
How is this a meaningful feature, and not just techno-babble?
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