"Electricky Dicky" wrote in message
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On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:13:20 -0500, "KLC Lewis"
wrote:


I've been looking at them. Can't find a US source on the internet. Also
looking at the Xantrex Link 10. Part of me says that since it takes more
wires to hook up and uses a shunt, its information should be more
accurate.
The other part just says, "duhhhhhhhh"

Give the part of you that say's duhhhhhh a beer and tell him to go sit
in the corner whilst the brighter bit of you reads the Smartgauge
website. Chris Gibson tells it the way it is. If I fit an amp hour
counter on a boat with a year old bank, what do I set the bank
capacity at? What value should the customer reset it to in a years
time? Now go have a beer and let duhhhhh take over, his answers are
just as valid as yours ;-)
And if those settings are not valid - garbage in - garbage out!!!!!


--
Richard

Nb "Pound Eater" Parkend G+S
"Governments are like Nappies, they should be changed often."
(For the same reason)

Well, I've read over the Smartguage site, and find it rather informative in
many areas. But other sites, selling other products, seem to indicate that
without a shunt so that the meter can read ALL current into and out of the
bank, the meter can't tell what's really going on. I don't find anything on
the Smartguage site that says how their meter can do it without a shunt, and
with only two wires connected directly to the battery bank.

Karin