Battery Monitors - Printable Version

+- Newell Gurus (https://newellgurus.com)
+-- Forum: Technical Discussions (https://newellgurus.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=3)
+--- Forum: Electrical (https://newellgurus.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=30)
+--- Thread: Battery Monitors (/showthread.php?tid=9083)

---

Battery Monitors - [email protected] - 08-29-2026

So I decided I wanted to be able to quickly check my battery levels in the engine compartment area. So I got a couple of inexpensive battery monitors. Added them and tapped them right into the terminal strip, there are terminals for the chassis battery and for the house battery. 


   
   
   
   

---

RE: Battery Monitors - Jack Houpe - 08-30-2026

Looks great! Chassis batteries a little low?

---

RE: Battery Monitors - HoosierDaddy - 08-30-2026

Good idea Jeff !

---

RE: Battery Monitors - [email protected] - 08-30-2026

(08-30-2026, 03:57 AM)Jack Houpe Wrote:  Looks great! Chassis batteries a little low?

So the chassis batteries are only charged occasionally by the Blue Sea automatic charge relay, it helps to keep from boiling them. Its not currently connected and it has a slight draw on, maybe 0.3 amps. The house batteries are being actively charged.  

Here is the Blue Sea ACR I am using:
   

---

(08-30-2026, 04:57 AM)HoosierDaddy Wrote:  Good idea Jeff !

Thanks!

---

RE: Battery Monitors - markkitch - 08-31-2026

That is a great idea, I love it, and will copy it (greatest form of flattery)!

---

RE: Battery Monitors - [email protected] - 08-31-2026

(08-31-2026, 08:28 AM)markkitch Wrote:  That is a great idea, I love it, and will copy it (greatest form of flattery)!

I am loving having these there to check the batteries without having to dig out a meter or run inside the coach. I just put on a new engine alternator and I never had to go inside the coach to test it. Used the rear start switch to turn the engine on and then checked my new gauge to make sure the alternator was charging as it should.

---