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CruzPro battery monitors

SPONSOR [Vendor] CruzPro battery monitors - add to MyResources
Manufacturer CruzPro battery monitors

Three models of fuel gauge for your battery. These monitors measure volt-amps in and out. Shows percentage remaining. Alarms can be set. Also makes an AC monitor for shorepower and genset monitoring.

[CruzPro Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand]
- The CruzPro monitors

rec.boats.electronics newsgroup

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Usenet newsgroup

Unmoderated forum on marine electrical and electronic equipment. Good advice and resources here, but you have to dig and you have to be selective.

[Usenet, USA]
- Rec.boats.electronics forum
- What is Usenet?

Felicity

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Personal Website Felicity

A couple who have completed at 10,000-mile tour of the Pacific on a 31-foot cutter talk about what equipment they chose and how it worked, including their battery capacity and management.

[Ken Machtley / Cathy Siegismund, Redmond, WA, USA]
- The cruising equipment report

The Power equipment & Electricity forum

[Site] The Power equipment & Electricity forum - add to MyResources
Non-commercial forum

A discussion board and photo gallery for cruising sailors and wannabes focused on the best ways to generate, distribute, and control electricity on a cruising boat.

[Cruisers Forum, Buskerud, Norway]
- The Electicity forum

Battery Testing

[Offline] Battery Testing - add to MyResources
Product Tests By Ed Sherman

New electronics tests battery condition and monitors deterioration. Instruments from four vendors are tested. 7 pages.

[Professional BoatBuilder, October 2002]
- Order Issue 79 of Professional BoatBuilder

Battery Monitors Tested

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Comparative Tests

Six microprocessor-based battery monitors from CruzPro, Xantrex, Trimetric, Link, and Microlog are tested side-by-side. All need some user calibration to make them accurate. 6 pages with photos and features table.

[Practical Sailor, 1 April 2004]
- Preview the Practical Sailor back issue

CruzPro battery monitors

SPONSOR [Vendor] CruzPro battery monitors - add to MyResources
Manufacturer CruzPro battery monitors

Three models of fuel gauge for your battery. These monitors measure volt-amps in and out. Shows percentage remaining. Alarms can be set. Also makes an AC monitor for shorepower and genset monitoring.

[CruzPro Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand]
- The CruzPro monitors

WetCheck electrlyte level gauge

[Vendor] WetCheck electrlyte level gauge - add to MyResources
Manufacturer WetCheck electrlyte level gauge

A simple gauge for determining whether your wet-cell batteries need topping up.

[Zarcor, Addison, TX, USA]
- The battery level gauge

Battery monitor

[Vendor] Battery monitor - add to MyResources
Manufacturer Battery monitor

Battery monitor shows how much energy is left in the battery. Their manuals give a good picture of monitor installation and operation.

[Victron Energy, USA]
- The Victron battery monitor
- Installation and user manuals

TriMetric battery monitor

[Vendor] TriMetric battery monitor - add to MyResources
Manufacturer TriMetric battery monitor

Measures the amp-hours in and out of your batteries and provides volts, amps and amp-hours and battery-percent-full information.

[Bogart Engineering, Boulder Creek, CA, USA]
- The TriMetric monitor

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