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NautiC25
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Initially Posted - 05/24/2012 :  06:52:47  Show Profile
http://www.batterystuff.com/battery-products/UPGvoltminder.html

$30. Has a nice display, most importantly an ALARM, and is dirt cheap. Why pay $300 for a Xantrex or other monitor?
I'll mount it next to my panel and solar controller behind the stairs.
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awetmore
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Response Posted - 05/24/2012 :  08:02:35  Show Profile
I just bought a Garmin Echo 300c fish finder/depth finder and discovered that it also has a battery alarm feature (and displays the voltage nicely too).

I picked this one because it was compact also can also take a speed sensor input (the 200 is a little cheaper and has a speed input, but is much larger). The similar 150 or 100 may still have the battery alarm and are much cheaper ($80ish instead of $180ish), but have lower resolution monochrome displays and don't have the speed sensor input.

Now I just need to figure out what to do with my Bluewater analog voltage meter. It seemed like a nice thing to have at the time that I purchased it, but now I don't really need it.
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awetmore
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Response Posted - 05/24/2012 :  13:24:15  Show Profile
Your version of the toy probably has less power draw than a fish finder though, so it would be easy to leave it on 24x7.
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islander
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Response Posted - 05/24/2012 :  15:51:19  Show Profile
Very nice, I like the alarm feature. A step up over my $12 Vector.
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Tradewind
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Response Posted - 05/24/2012 :  16:05:37  Show Profile
I like it. Gonna order one.
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NautiC25
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Response Posted - 05/24/2012 :  17:33:48  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by islander</i>
<br />Very nice, I like the alarm feature. A step up over my $12 Vector.

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I have one very similar to that. I think I got it at Walmart. I really wanted the alarm so I wouldn't have to check it all day, or at night while I'm trying to sleep.
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Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 05/24/2012 :  19:17:31  Show Profile
I like it....I may have to get me one of those.....
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