Any chance anyone has any experience with this device?
http://www.maretron.com/products/dcm100.php
They're about $400 retail. Its a NMEA battery monitor. Its supposed to do all the things of other monitors but it sends all the data as NMEA sentences which can be displayed by just about any chart plotter, instrument display or other compatible device. Seems like if there is already a NMEA plotter or instrument on-board it would be nice to have all the battery bank information in the same place.
I reading about this project and this is what they're using for battery monitoring.
http://www.panbo.com/archives/2010/10/electric_alerion_express_33_geek_green.html#more
David
Doug:
It was exposed to the Weather the first season. By the start of the second season the LCD display was cooked. I replaced the display and moved the unit to the cockpit locker where I can still see it from the helm if I lift the hatch. Paktrakr has worked fine and is in the main cabin. I did add an external fuse holder to make changing it or shuting down the unit easier when I need to.
Capt. Mike
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http://biankablog.blogspot.comFrom: "Doug" <dj2210@yahoo.com>Sender: electricboats@yahoogroups.comDate: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:04:20 +0000ReplyTo: electricboats@yahoogroups.comSubject: [Electric Boats] Re: Battery MonitorCapt. Mike
Is your meters expose to the weather or down below? Any issues with the PakTrakr?
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, Mike <biankablog@...> wrote:
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> I've got both a Pak Trakker and a Xantrex XBM (now discontinued) on board. Yes, TBS makes the units for Xantrex. I needed a new display for my unit . Xantrex was no help. TBS had much better customer service. I would buy a TBS unit if you can (I don't think they are sold in the states) because they just have much better customer service for the product and they make them in the first place.
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> http://biankablog.blogspot.com
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> --- On Thu, 10/14/10, Matthew Geier <matthew@...> wrote:
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> From: Matthew Geier <matthew@...>
> Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Re: Battery Monitor
> To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, October 14, 2010, 7:23 AM
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> On 14/10/10 07:25, Doug wrote:
> > That TBS is pretty nice and pretty expensive around $300. It looks just like a Xantrek Link Pro...
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> Funny that - the Xantrek Link Pro is a re-badged TBS.
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> I have a TBS Expert-Pro (I needed the pre-scaler for my 36v system)
> and the only difference between it's manual and the Xantrek one on
> Xantrek's web site is the substitution of Xantrek for TBS through the
> document. The layout and every thing else is the same!.
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> I've been pretty happy with my system - although I have to cover it
> when not in use - at the 2nd of my 2nd season I noticed that the plastic
> 'window' is starting to cloud. I have to make sure it's not left exposed
> to the weather between uses, the UV is killing it.
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