Generator monitoring

[RalphVa]

I just went through having to recharge the battery on my generator. The battery tender I had on it went out.

I wonder if anyone has used some generator monitoring equipment/gauges to put on my inside electrical ATS panel to monitor battery voltage and generator load/kw.

Having trouble finding what I want on line. Plenty of battery voltage or some form of generator load displays, but I can't seem to find any that give me both generator load and battery voltage.

Thanks.

Ralph

 

[cqaigy2]

could you just put a separate gauge on the battery?

 

[RalphVa]

Can, but it's dirt easy to just go out and measure voltage on the battery. Figured if I do anything in the panel (that has battery voltage to it from the generator to run the ATS) that I wanted one meter to do it all.

Ralph

 

[cqaigy2]

Can, but it's dirt easy to just go out and measure voltage on the battery. Figured if I do anything in the panel (that has battery voltage to it from the generator to run the ATS) that I wanted one meter to do it all.

Ralph

Ok, i can see why that would be handy. One meter to rule them all. I suppose it would have to be able to read ac and dc voltages, there's gotta be something out there to do that. If your into DIY im sure you could find something in the arduino forums. People are using those for all kinds of crazy things so it seems something as sensible as this should be out there. Im going to try one to use as a light controller for led light strip.