[ausev] Homemade battery meter?

[m. howse]

Why not just get a digital multi meter for around $1.99. Sure it's made in  
China but
you may not alweays need to use expensive gear for certain things. Heck,  
you could
even pull it out of the case and make it a panel meter and multi  
functional even.
For the price you could have a spare.

marv

On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:19:03 -0600, Steve Webb <stevenraywebb at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> For complete instrumentation you should have a resistor network across  
> each
> cell, with switching to allow any or all voltages.
> Good Durable Panel Mount Volt Meters can be purchesd starting near the   
> $50
> range
>
> SRW
>
> On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 11:33 PM, Roy Hughes <crashlode at hotmail.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> As im moving along in my car conversion i have been contemplating a  
>> battery
>> meter gauge. the curtis one that people use is what i'd like, but how to
>> make a homemade version? any suggestions?, leds, resistors etc it  
>> doesn't
>> seem like it should be difficult to make a measurment of the battery  
>> pack
>> and then tune an LED to come on at each point that i want to measure.
>>
>> I have a voltmeter to install which is going to tell me what i want to  
>> know
>> but for someone who is going to just drive the vehicle (like my wife) i  
>> dont
>> think she would relish an hour instructional on how to read whether  
>> theres
>> enough 'fuel' to get her home,
>>
>> any help is as always much appreciated.
>>
>> Roy
>>
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