Help me find a thing.

[KidVermicious]

I'm looking for a digital voltmeter to mount in my cab. Something like this, but with two display outputs so I can monitor both batteries at the same time.

I could install two, but dash space is at a premium.

 

[mountain mike]

Pricey and I'm not sure how big it is.

Dirty Parts

 

[KidVermicious]

Holy frijoles that's expensive. Also huge.

Here's almost exactly what I'm looking for, but it's volts and amps. I want volts and volts.

 

[mountain mike]

That looks a lot cleaner, and it's also a lot more affordable.

 

[nevada]

I'm looking for a digital voltmeter to mount in my cab. Something like this, but with two display outputs so I can monitor both batteries at the same time.

I could install two, but dash space is at a premium.

that gauge, properly connected with a switch would be able to monitor both batteries. you would switch it to check each one separately.

 

[KidVermicious]

that gauge, properly connected with a switch would be able to monitor both batteries. you would switch it to check each one separately.

There's an idea. I might do that instead of putting in two modules.

I wish I could find both on a single module though, like this:

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There's a listing for that exact item on Amazon, but it's "unavailable", and I don't see that bad boy on the website for RGB Electronics either. I emailed them, gonna see what they say.

 

[UnderFire]

Just my .02 if you end up using 2 seperate meters,

These on ebay work perfectly fine, I've ran a Blue one for well over a year, and just switched out to a red one, and plenty of people on car audio forums run them too.

They read exactly the same as my Multimeter.

New Mini Digital Voltmeter 4 5 30V Red LED Vehicles Motor Voltage Panel Meter EK | eBay

I eventually gutted it and stuck it in the factory 3rd gen clock, just to give you an idea on the size, I don't think it would be too hard to make up some kind of mount/case to put a pair together, but I'm not at all familiar with the 1st gen dash, so I can't help there.

 

[KidVermicious]

but I'm not at all familiar with the 1st gen dash,

Think small . There's space, but not much. Once you start talking winch controller plus aux light switches plus dual battery switch plus elocker switches, things start getting real tight.

Thanks for the input on the Ebay monitors. I may end up using one of those on a switch like Nevada suggests, good to know yours has worked well for you.

 

[VolcanoT4R]

Here's a write-up for making your own out of two individual meters:

Dual LED voltage gauge for dual battery car - Fuel Economy, Hypermiling, EcoModding News and Forum - EcoModder.com

And another option:

VDO 52mm Digital Duel Volt Gauge 12V Automotive 4WD Brand New | eBay

 

[KidVermicious]

Cool links, thanks!

 

[MStudt]

I have this sitting around waiting to install it.

IBS-DBS Dual Battery System

 

[KidVermicious]

I saw that, but it's got bells and whistles I don't need. I may have found a US distributor for the round gauge - I'm still looking for details, but anybody up for a group buy?

 

[KidVermicious]

RGB has a US distributor, "dcjoules".

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$60.

Screw it, a $5 display on a switch will do me just fine.