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12v DC Eletric Panel

Postby Dee Bee » Tue Aug 03, 2004 10:54 am

I am in the planning stage of a tiny trailer.... This weekend I built the heart of my 12v DC electrical panel. This will monitor the batter volts and amps drawn by the various loads. Comments and ideas welcome

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Postby mikeschn » Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:25 am

My comment... I want one! :D

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Postby Shrug53 » Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:40 am

Very nice Dee. Clean job! Can you give us some specs, schematics, rear photos, etc?
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Postby mikeschn » Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:52 am

Yep, that's it all right... Give the specs to shrug, but give me the actual unit! :lol:

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Postby campadk » Tue Aug 03, 2004 12:54 pm

Sign me up for the specs/design. I'd love to have a unit that tells me how much is left in the battery. For measuring amps, I just used a vol/amp meter once to determine how much each item draws to give me an idea how much load they put on the battery. (see near bottom of this page for my measurements for those interested.... http://campadk.com/pjsnoozer/pjfeatures.html )

All the measuring devices out there seem to give you voltage instead of % used which would be nice.
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Postby JamesW » Tue Aug 03, 2004 4:54 pm

Very nice design and layout! I have been in electronics since 1989 and not many people today layout out panels as nice as that! Is that LCD the Radio Shack model?
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Postby Steve Frederick » Tue Aug 03, 2004 5:47 pm

Hey, If you ever come to NY and need work, Look me up!! :wink:
I have electricians that aren't as neat!
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Postby Ken A Hood » Tue Aug 03, 2004 6:08 pm

I picked up a couple of these.......haven't tried them out yet though. I'm going to install them with a momentary switch, so I can check how much "juice" I have left.

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LCD

Postby Dee Bee » Tue Aug 03, 2004 6:58 pm

JamesW wrote:Very nice design and layout! I have been in electronics since 1989 and not many people today layout out panels as nice as that! Is that LCD the Radio Shack model?



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Postby JamesW » Tue Aug 03, 2004 8:41 pm

Thanks Dee Bee.
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Schematics for Panel Meter

Postby Dee Bee » Tue Aug 03, 2004 9:54 pm

Here is the site for info on the design of a panel meter

http://bart.ccis.com/home/mnemeth/12volt/12volta.htm


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Postby Shrug53 » Tue Aug 03, 2004 10:45 pm

Hey, I used to work for All Electronics when I lived in Van Nuys!
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Postby campadk » Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:56 am

Ken A Hood wrote:I picked up a couple of these.......haven't tried them out yet though. I'm going to install them with a momentary switch, so I can check how much "juice" I have left.

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Thats it Ken! Where did you find those?
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Panel Parts

Postby Dee Bee » Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:13 am

Here are the parts prior to assembly

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Postby campadk » Thu Aug 05, 2004 8:26 am

Thanks for the info Ken. I just bought of of those babies on ebay. I hope it works! :D
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