Battery meter

[Steen Vøler]

ho folks

just got my 24 volt metering for my JagdPanther and the Jagd Commander is taking good carer of it as you can see

[Iacopo Di Giampietro]

Purchase interesting:
you would you explain to us how it is connected and how it works?
Where you bought it and what?
Thank you!

[Steen Vøler]

hi Lacopo

This is the link to the unit which is called a indicator Batterie capacity Tester for 24v Lithium LiPo / LiIon Battery Lead-ACID


http://www.ebay.de/itm/301064569829?ssP ... 1439.l2648

The Price was 12.59 Euro and free shipment


I have had mine now for almost a month and it Works actually very good.

Had the JagdPanther out for driving for almost 1 hour and the battery meter showed a 70% remaining battery capacity which is ok, as I can run the tank for almost 3 hours with the capacity of the installed batteries.

[brett hogan]

Hi is the connected straight to the battarys....

Brett

[brett hogan]

Just ordered one ready for my Tiger 1 build when I get it at xmas.

[Steen Vøler]

Hi Brett

yes is does connect to battery. I have however put in a 24v power distribution box with 4 individually controlled outputs by a switch.

This means that I just switch on the power meter when I want to see the remaining power of the battery capacity. But, you can connect it directly with out any problems and leave it on as it does not take much power when running.

[brett hogan]

Hi Steen

that's great I have a lot to learn about electronics I cannot wait to start my Tiger 1 when I get it...
would be good if u could put a pic of the inside of your tank Steen

Thanks brett

[Chang]

Hi Steen and other users,

I have bought this "24V LCD Indicator Battery capacity Tester" on early July. It was operating OK then, but since a few days ago, it only show 0% all the times, even on newly charged batteries.

I don't think all of my batteries tested are flatted to 0%. So what could be the possible reason? Any way to find out it?

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Any advice is welcome.

Lerh Chang

[Chang]

Hi all,
To answer the question of 17/08/2014 myself: Make sure don't press down the two white buttons on the down-left corner on the back. They are for testing only, and shouldn't be pressed otherwise.


My problem was due to adding a clear cover myself for protecting the back, yet the cover press the buttons all the times. After cutting-off the small area above the two buttons, it works well again.

Lerh Chang

[Adrian Harris]

Well done on finding the solution

Adrian.

[JEAN MARC BELLETETE]

Wow! good idea! got one from EBay too.