Need small onboard Voltmeter

[Speedfreke]

Hello Is there anybody who can point me to a small, neat voltmeter that I can attatch to handlebars? Something cheaper and smaller than the cycle analyst. It would be used for monitoring the remaining juice so I don't get stuck in the hinterlands.

 

[NeilP]

Many on e-bay many write up on various ones here..some show watts and amps too.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180830130528#ht_3636wt_1151

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180484643207#ht_4874wt_917

lool through elite elements other items

 

[arkmundi]

Watt's Up from Amazon

 

[NeilP]

Watts-upmeters OK if you run a low voltage bike..sorry I never consider them as all my bikes are 60 volts up wards

 

[wesnewell]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Waterproof-Digital-Voltmeter-DC-15V-To-120V-Red-Led-Voltage-Digital-Panel-Meter-/170846310527

 

[Speedfreke]

Thank you . Great suggestions. It seems that once you start adding amps as one of the functions the meter gets bigger and more complicated to install, though it would be nice to have that function.

 

[shock]

+1 for wes post above. I purchased 3 of them in different colors and they all work great. Big range and self powered, what more could you need?

 

[dogman dan]

Generally I'm the last one to scream read first, but we had this same subject under discussion twice in the last week.

I have two of the voltmeters similar to the ones Wes linked to. They are dakine for those on a tight budget. Avoid the three wire ones that require a seperate voltage input for running the device. Get the two wire type Wes showed.

I find them a bit hard to read in bright sun, but cheap enough to have a voltmeter on every bike. More or less accurate, plenty good enough for measuring the difference between charged and discharged.

 

[Speedfreke]

Again thanks a lot. I did order 2 of Wes' recommended meter.
And dogman I find the search engine is of poor quality - probably a subject for a new thread.

 

[Samd]

I've always used the 3v to 30v ones. They seem to work fine at 33.6 volts for me despite being outside the spec range. These ones are good because they don't need a separate voltage supply as pointed out in a post above.

I've run five or six of these with great result. I recently set up two 5s packs in series, so used one across each pack to monitor balance as well as discharge. Works ok then well outside the 30v range.

You start targeting shadows. You find yourself glancing down when riding under a tree in the sunshine to check volts!

But I only noticed last week there is a tiny screw adjuster on the back - you can calibrate them!

You can pull the bezel off the pcb and mount them inside existing gauges with hotmelt glue, I replaced my awful stock LED battery gauge with one awhile back. Hotmelt glue holds the pcb nicely.
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