![]() ![]() In our case there was room just outside the battery compartment which is a vented compartment under the driver’s side dinette seat. Depending on the location of your battery (or batteries) this may be easy or difficult. Find a place near the battery to install the shunt. We found the wiring diagram for the Trimetric to be rather confusing, so we later drew our own version of it to hopefully be a bit clearer than the one with the instructions: The cable is long enough for the largest Class A, we just left the excess coiled up in a storage compartment. The shunt is necessary to get current readings. The shunt looks intimidating, but it is not hard to install. The Trimetric comes with a display unit, a shunt, and a very long cable. We got our Trimetric 2025RV from Randy at Randy is very helpful answering questions and giving advice. It was said to be easier to set up and use than monitors of similar capability. After reading up on the options, we settled on the Trimetric. The easiest way to keep track is a battery monitor that does more than measure voltage. You can use a hydrometer and check each cell for an accurate reading, but that is a pain, and impossible if you have sealed batteries. And your battery always has some load unless you have disconnected it. You can use a volt meter to do a slightly better job, but the problem is that unless the battery is sitting with no load for a period of time, the reading will not be accurate. It uses voltage levels to change the color of the lights. The idiot light panel is almost (but not quite) worthless for monitoring the condition of your house battery or batteries. ![]()
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