AROUND-OZ MOTORHOMES

Trimetric Battery Monitor

This is a stand alone meter which will monitor total battery usage in your motorhome. It performs a similar function to the Plasmatronics PL20 Solar controller, but is a lot easier to access as all that is required is a simple push on the buttons with no drilling down through menus. Very easy to use.

The TriMetric battery monitors are designed to assist in battery care, conservation and system maintenance of battery powered systems that use storage batteries with system voltage from 12-48 volts. They provide the user with information on battery "volts", "amps" and "amp-hours" and the newest version also provides "battery percent full" information, based on measuring the amp-hours removed from the battery system. Reliability, accuracy and simplicity are key product objectives. The TriMetric requires an external 100 or 500 amp shunt to measure amps and amp-hours. The meter readout may be located hundreds of feet away from batteries and is usually connected to the shunt with a 4 wire cable

More information from Northern Arizona Wind and Sun - fantastic website with easy online ordering with delivery to Australia via Federal Express. The Trimetric in November 2002 was listed at US$149.00 and the 100 amp shunt at US$20.00. Don't know what a shunt is? It's a gadget needed to accurately measure high amperages.