Battery Fuel Gauge [RE-wrenches]

[Bob-O Schultze, Electron Connection]

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Of course, the problem with all shunt based metering, Link 10,  
TriMetric, etc., is that they can't see self-discharge as it doesn't  
pass over the shunt.
That's probably as much a concern in a standby system as anything else.
Bob-O
On Nov 2, 2006, at 5:29 AM, Todd Cory, Mt. Shasta Energy Services wrote:

>
> The only thing I buy from brand "X", and that is the "e- 
> meter" (link 10). The reason why I choose this over other amp hour  
> meters is because of the bar graph gauge. There is no need for the  
> customer to understand amps, watts or volts (unless they want to  
> see that information and turn it on). They simply look at the gauge  
> and 4 LEDS that are green when the batteries are full, and turn to  
> yellow and finally red as the SOC is decreased.
>
> I recently ran into my first customer that could not use this as  
> they are colorblind, so in this case switching the red LED display  
> on to percentage of charge solved that issue. I think this meter  
> offers the best of both worlds... techie data and a simple "gas  
> gauge" readout.
>
> I wonder if we will ever see Li-On storage batteries for battery  
> based systems?
>
> Todd
>
>
>
> Joel Davidson wrote:
>
>> Finally, the question: What "battery fuel gauge" do you think is  
>> the most non-technical customer-friendly (easy to use, intuitive,  
>> reliable, etc.)?
>>
>> Joel Davidson


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