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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]
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]
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]
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]
New electronics tests battery condition and monitors deterioration. Instruments from four vendors are tested. 7 pages.
[Professional BoatBuilder, October 2002]
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]
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]
A simple gauge for determining whether your wet-cell batteries need topping up.
[Zarcor, Addison, TX, USA]
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]
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]