Hi all.
I have the Drifter control panel and like it EXCEPT for the fact that the amp meter is accumulative. By this I mean that it only shows what is happening at that precise moment and doesn't show if I have had a positive or negative accumulated count on the battery for the day.
I am wanting to put in some form of meter (along with the drifter as it has the tanks and switches etc) that will show this accumulated amount. My solar reg shows how much the panels have put into the battery, but as the load goes out through the Setec and not the regulator it doesn't have an account of what has been used.
Has anyone done this and if so, what did you use?
As mentioned, I don't want to be removing what I have but someway of tracking this would be good. The NASA BM1's look excellent but does a lot of what the drifter does for me now (and is also bloody expensive for what I am trying to achieve).
I am about to put a fixed panel onto the roof of our Panda as find that the folding one we have doesn't cover us the best for long stays away when we run our 40l Engel fridge as well as the gas fridge. So will have both the fixed and portable panel available for long stays, and the option of leaving the folding panel at home when only going away for a weekend etc.
I believe that with the two panels my battery will stay pretty much full in good weather with this setup unless I am running the Engel as a freezer.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
BJ
I have the Drifter control panel and like it EXCEPT for the fact that the amp meter is accumulative. By this I mean that it only shows what is happening at that precise moment and doesn't show if I have had a positive or negative accumulated count on the battery for the day.
I am wanting to put in some form of meter (along with the drifter as it has the tanks and switches etc) that will show this accumulated amount. My solar reg shows how much the panels have put into the battery, but as the load goes out through the Setec and not the regulator it doesn't have an account of what has been used.
Has anyone done this and if so, what did you use?
As mentioned, I don't want to be removing what I have but someway of tracking this would be good. The NASA BM1's look excellent but does a lot of what the drifter does for me now (and is also bloody expensive for what I am trying to achieve).
I am about to put a fixed panel onto the roof of our Panda as find that the folding one we have doesn't cover us the best for long stays away when we run our 40l Engel fridge as well as the gas fridge. So will have both the fixed and portable panel available for long stays, and the option of leaving the folding panel at home when only going away for a weekend etc.
I believe that with the two panels my battery will stay pretty much full in good weather with this setup unless I am running the Engel as a freezer.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
BJ
