Brian Kirby Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Thank you chaps. :-) I read the description on the website, but didn't delve further as I'd assumed that anyone wanting to sell a meter with multiple functions would advertise it as such, and not just as a Voltmeter! Looks useful - if you have available rail space to mount it in your "consumer unit". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyboyprowler Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Charles - 2020-07-22 9:17 PM Fitted this last year. It does Volts, Amps, Watts and counts up KWH http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o151/fleck_bucket/20200302_134805.jpg Do you have a link for this unit? It may well have helped us on the French site recently! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 niktam - 2020-07-22 8:04 PM Not much help but don't just coil your cable up all one way as otherwise you end up with a tangled mess like most of them I see on site. I couldn't even begin to write down how to coil it up but I dare say some kind person will attach a youtube link? You just coil it alternative ways to each coil but you have to remove the kinks before you start coiling it up properly it will then lay flat. There are several YouTube videos about storing a long extension cable - this is an example This method is OK, but I want to ‘bag’ my hook-up cables, which means they have to be coiled quite tightly. No great problem with my 10m cable, but coiling the 25m cable is a pain. Realistically, for a really long hook-up cable, it’s better to have it on a reel, but that has its own implications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamPye Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 flyboyprowler - 2020-07-23 8:20 AM Do you have a link for this unit? It may well have helped us on the French site recently! There are lots of them on eBay - here's one similar to the one I fitted a couple of weeks ago: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-AC-10-100A-Voltmeter-Ammeter-LED-Dual-Digital-Volt-Amp-Meter-Gauge/184270804853?hash=item2ae7655775:g:lbQAAOSwrHNepp~T Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 flyboyprowler - 2020-07-23 8:20 AM Charles - 2020-07-22 9:17 PM Fitted this last year. It does Volts, Amps, Watts and counts up KWH http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o151/fleck_bucket/20200302_134805.jpg Do you have a link for this unit? It may well have helped us on the French site recently! https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07XJYRQ5R/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_qlugFbP5BG2TD I went for the LCD one because the back light is optional and I didnt want the screen lighting up the van at night. Plus LED use more power and look cheap. I also bought a box for it... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201790815904 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartO Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 I fitted one of these meters a couple of years ago but suffered mysterious power failures which it turned out to be causing. I decided it served little real purpose and took it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyboyprowler Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Charles - 2020-07-23 8:59 AM flyboyprowler - 2020-07-23 8:20 AM Charles - 2020-07-22 9:17 PM Fitted this last year. It does Volts, Amps, Watts and counts up KWH http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o151/fleck_bucket/20200302_134805.jpg Do you have a link for this unit? It may well have helped us on the French site recently! https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07XJYRQ5R/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_qlugFbP5BG2TD I went for the LCD one because the back light is optional and I didnt want the screen lighting up the van at night. Plus LED use more power and look cheap. I also bought a box for it... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201790815904 Many thanks Charles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamPye Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Charles - 2020-07-23 8:59 AM https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07XJYRQ5R/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_qlugFbP5BG2TD I went for the LCD one because the back light is optional and I didnt want the screen lighting up the van at night. Plus LED use more power and look cheap. I also bought a box for it... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201790815904 Delivery times on that one are quite long as it's coming from China. This is another alternative, which is LCD although still coming from China, but a bit quicker. link to Ebay There might be someone selling it who has stock in the UK! I managed to find someone in the past, but can't easily see one today. If you don't want the back light it's no better. It might suit others though. Since I had it inside a cupboard I didn't worry about the light and it has the benefit of immediately letting you know that the hookup is still on! This one has the current transformer built into the circuit board so you need to put it somewhere that you can easily loop a wire through the transformer - in my previous AutoTrail I cut a hole in the panel next to the Sergeant control so it was easy to wire in. If that doesn't work for you, then look for a 100A version instead as they have separate current transformers which you can put inside the consumer unit and extended the wires to the meter. Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Took a couple of weeks to come I think. It's got a couple of extra features so it's worth the wait. It's got an over current alarm and the electric meter in KWH built in. It also remembers the total when the power has been off. It's reset with a long press of the spanner button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipsticks Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 It's going to be difficult if you decide you don't want to buy anything Chinese ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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