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Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2024
I bought this product for the shunt only, I didn't really need the meter, but it was $5 extra dollars for the meter so I figured why not.The shunt claims to be 500 amps and it is really really close. After doing some measurements and some back of the napkin math, it would see if the metal isn't too full of imperfections the shunt might handle a 500 amp continuous load without melting. It's close. I wouldn't go over 500 amps for any extended period of time.I only needed it to handle at most 300 amps and I am well within margin on that and it heats up as expected but not to the point of worry.A few nice things are, it is mounted on a block that you can just screw right down. A big plus IMHO.Secondly the measuring points seem solid and I think resistance across the shunt was as stated within a few percentage points.The meter seems like it works but I haven't gotten too deep into setting SOC etc but so far volts and amps pulled across the shunt in total seem pretty close to what I expected. I should be able to use any meter with the shunt provided so I can switch in and out as needed.Overall not perfect, but a real win at this price.
Odyssey Camper
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2024
Shunts are one place that it is apparently better to buy a name brand. I can't say this unit DIDN'T work because the instructions are so bad that I can't even be sure I programmed it correctly. Also, programming through one button and memorizing the button functions is a torture appropriate for a Uyghur work camp.
miguel
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2023
I used this in a solar array setup. Accurate and precise. Straight forward setup if you know what you're doing. You may need to use your own wire, as I did to give yourself some distance flexibility.What I don't like is that this unit DOES NOT indicate whether energy is going in or coming out of battery bank. This is extremely important info while running loads and also generating solar energy.It would amazing for other applications, just not mine.
Karl V.
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2023
Living off grid for almost 40 years I have experience with many types and ammeter/battery monitors. Bought this one to replace one fried by a bolt of lightning. I'm using this meter to measure just the isolated current from my solar panels. Don't be confused by the wiring diagram, which shows a consumptive 'load'. Even though the solar panels are generating current, not consuming current, the wiring is the same, yellow on the panel side of the shunt, blue on the battery side. In my system I'm able to isolate and measure PV current by using a separate shunt hooked up only to the solar panels. One thing I really like about this meter is that it reads in hundredths of an amp up to 10 amps, then tenths of an amp up to a hundred amps, then in whole amps over a 100. This allows you to see the solar output with more detail on cloudy days when the panels are producing reduced current. This really helps in the winter when I am using a back up gen to charge the house batteries and more days are cloudy For people with older setup an added and unique bonus is that this is the only economically priced meter that uses a 50mv shunt, just like the high priced shunts!
Bruce B. .
Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2022
I have three solar controllers I want to see a total output at a glance without having to do the math. This worked perfectly to route all three negatives through the shunt and it gives me the combine output.
Maximiliano S.
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2022
I can read some battery parameters with this device.
Skip
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2022
This seems like a good piece of gear. It was easy to hook up and the current reading tracked my solar charger within a few millivolts. I didn't try installing the meter in a panel cutout. That might be difficult, but I have to return because of lack of current direction indication. Someone said that there was supposed to be a minus (-) sign before the current when discharging (or charging if hooked up backwards.) Mine didn't not have a minus sign. I turned off the solar charger and camper converter and ran everything discharging at 20A. Clearly discharging. Then I disconnected the battery from the camper and connected the solar charger. 2A charge matched the solar charger. All current readings were positive.
prototask
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2022
For the price you can't get anything better.
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