anybody using battery indicator?

**badsekktor** · January 21st, 2008 01:09 PM

anybody here using battery indicator? yun sinasaksak lang sa cigarette lighter socket tapos may led lights ma red, green and amber? reliable ba to to check the electrical system?

**Type 100** · January 21st, 2008 01:35 PM

When I was at HCP's January Audio GT last Saturday I saw one of our members with a digital LCD plug-in voltmeter in his 12V power socket. It looks pretty useful especially for people with sound setups and amplifiers...you want to make sure your battery's pushing 14.4V as much as possible

**nicolodeon** · January 21st, 2008 01:40 PM

I did once. IMO, reliable enough pero I'd recommend that you don't use it as the sole gauge to determine the "health" and "reliability" of you batt/electrical system.

**wewoy_romero** · January 21st, 2008 03:37 PM

Originally Posted by nicolodeon

I did once. IMO, reliable enough pero I'd recommend that you don't use it as the sole gauge to determine the "health" and "reliability" of you batt/electrical system.

have one. exactly like badsekktor described. checks for battery and alternator health. pero like nicolodeon, i don't rely on it solely.

**badsekktor** · January 21st, 2008 05:00 PM

ok thanks. medyo mahirap kasi kapag matic. walang indicator yun sasakyan eh. ayoko naman mabitin. usually yun lang ang problema ko sa sasakyan.

**meledson** · January 21st, 2008 05:28 PM

Kung sa cigarrette lighter nakakabit, you are just monitoring the voltage. pag patay ang makina and walang load, ideally nasa at least 13.8 Volts ang reading. Pag tumatakbo ng makina nasa 14+ volts.

Di dapat bababa ng 12V ang battery pag patay ang makina at walang load.

**rion** · January 23rd, 2008 11:07 AM

may digital voltmeter ba available sa market? pang lagay permanently somewhere sa dash...

may nakita akong analog peru, up to 220v kasi eh... hindi na accurate sa 12v range...

**wildthing** · January 23rd, 2008 11:23 AM

Originally Posted by rion

may digital voltmeter ba available sa market? pang lagay permanently somewhere sa dash...

may nakita akong analog peru, up to 220v kasi eh... hindi na accurate sa 12v range...

yup... halos tig P650 yung red ang ilaw at P850 yung blue

saw it from this TR3 forum

... but i have yet to buy or make one too.

Merun akong DIY project nito pero hindi ko pa nagagawa. I bought a small analogue volt-ammeter na 20volt max rating (P60 lang). Tapos yung plug ay galing dun sa sirang generic nokia car charger ... hindi ko pa na sosolder ang wiring lang.

**lancepower** · January 23rd, 2008 05:17 PM

Originally Posted by badsekktor

anybody here using battery indicator? yun sinasaksak lang sa cigarette lighter socket tapos may led lights ma red, green and amber? reliable ba to to check the electrical system?

yap may ginagamit din akong ganyan sa cage ko reliable naman siya

**tip_tipid** · January 23rd, 2008 05:31 PM

I have two of them with a switch. it doubles as a lamp. it is reliable enough
with markings how well your battery is charged, or discharged

**eyshmechanic** · January 23rd, 2008 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by rion

may digital voltmeter ba available sa market? pang lagay permanently somewhere sa dash...

may nakita akong analog peru, up to 220v kasi eh... hindi na accurate sa 12v range...

merong digital multi-test na maliit cost P300 pwede mo gamitin sa kotse. at pwede mo rin gamitin in other purposes. meron sa deeco or dito sa hardware sa loob ng crossings sa may panay ave malapit sa abs cbn

**rion** · January 23rd, 2008 09:01 PM

thanks WildThing.

Taken from that forum:

how about a cheap simple digi-voltmeter with a small screen and no plugs yet. myroon kayang ganyan dito sa atin?

eyshmechanic: yung digital voltmeter lang po hanap ko. may nabili akong digital multi-tester sa Makro for 250petot

**forbiddensmoke** · January 24th, 2008 03:37 PM

gusto ko rin nyan!

di po ba parang metro ng taxi pag red led? hihi... :D

**rion** · January 24th, 2008 09:41 PM

our turbo timer is even worst, Red din kasi eh.

**wildthing** · January 24th, 2008 10:34 PM

wala pa akong nakitang digital voltmeter na mumurahin....

**Esnie.com** · February 23rd, 2008 02:54 PM

guys, why dont you invest installing ammeter and voltmeter gauge, anyway its not that expensive naman, analog gauge cost around P400 then if you know how to install it free pa ang labor but if do not know how to make wiring well better go to auto electrical shops. labor cost around 300 lang. i have both installed in my van and nasa 1k lang ginastos all in all na yun.

**jundogg** · February 23rd, 2008 04:56 PM

used to have that gadget in our previous cars.
useful naman, but weird to other people na sumasakay

now, we have a lot of them, nakastock lang sa bodega. sealed pa lahat
benta ko kaya? =)

**morrissey_05** · February 23rd, 2008 09:42 PM

are ammeters or voltmeter gauges safe? i heard it screws up your electricals daw.

**toolightz** · February 24th, 2008 11:40 AM

AFAIK: volt meters only measures the volts/current coming from the alternator to the batteries!

*rion nice idea men :clap:

about the battery indicator??? try to google nalang po kung ano ang battery indicator

**170kphlang** · February 25th, 2008 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by rion

thanks WildThing.

Taken from that forum:

how about a cheap simple digi-voltmeter with a small screen and no plugs yet. myroon kayang ganyan dito sa atin?

eyshmechanic: yung digital voltmeter lang po hanap ko. may nabili akong digital multi-tester sa Makro for 250petot

san ba nakakabili ng ganyan at magkano? thanks.

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