"Steve Wood" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > > I have noticed there is a love-in on the SmartGauge range on this list > at the moment (I REALLY hope someone is on commission ;D ) but given it > monitors less information I fail to see how it can be more accurate in > its guesses than the Victron, as has been suggested. Personally I'd > rather have as much real information as possible and do my own guessing.
Could be a "love-in" because it works and for those with no technical knowledge it tells them the facts rather than having to work out an approximation. Accuracy Just take 2 examples Battery when new 200Ah discharge 100Ah to 50% as battery gets old it looses capacity say to 180Ah discharge 100Ah that you think is 50% but in reality its 55% how will any shunted meter deal with that, it just cant because you don't know how aged the batteries are, SG reads correctly. My batteries have been off for a while, the shunted meter will still show 100% but due to self discharge they have lost 7% SG shows 93% This is without going into recharge / discharge cycles and the fact that you need to put in more than you take out to reach 100% which gets forgotten. J
