---------------------------------------------------------- AeroElectric-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 03/15/21: 6 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:14 AM - Re: Volt meter (Alec) 2. 05:29 AM - Re: Volt meter (Daryl Thompson) 3. 11:38 AM - Re: Volt meter (skywagon185guy) 4. 12:27 PM - Re: Volt meter (Jeff Luckey) 5. 12:28 PM - Re: Volt meter (Robert L. Nuckolls, III) 6. 09:33 PM - Re: Volt meter (luciham20) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:14:11 AM PST US From: Alec Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Volt meter What voltage do you want to measure? Battery voltage? Bus bar voltage? Wouldnt that inform where you measure it? Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 14, 2021, at 10:29 PM, Daryl Thompson wrote: > > > I am wanting to install a new voltmeter in my 14V Cherokee Six. What recommendations do you have? Where would be the best place to sample the volts with the master switch on? Thinking maybe at the master switch itself but when I tried that the volts read 11V on a charged battery. Should I just come directly off the bus bar? ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:29:01 AM PST US From: Daryl Thompson Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Volt meter Looking to keep tabs on the battery voltage but don't want to connect directly to battery and have a continuous draw when the master switch is of f On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 8:19 AM Alec wrote: > > What voltage do you want to measure? Battery voltage? Bus bar voltage? > > Wouldn=99t that inform where you measure it? > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 14, 2021, at 10:29 PM, Daryl Thompson wrote : > > > > =EF=BB > > I am wanting to install a new voltmeter in my 14V Cherokee Six. What > recommendations do you have? Where would be the best place to sample th e > volts with the master switch on? Thinking maybe at the master switch > itself but when I tried that the volts read 11V on a charged battery. > Should I just come directly off the bus bar? > > =========== =========== =========== =========== =========== > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 11:38:40 AM PST US From: skywagon185guy Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Volt meter You could use a 3 position swt. to toggle between battery, bus and off. On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 5:31 AM Daryl Thompson wrote: > Looking to keep tabs on the battery voltage but don't want to connect > directly to battery and have a continuous draw when the master switch is off > > On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 8:19 AM Alec wrote: > >> >> What voltage do you want to measure? Battery voltage? Bus bar voltage? >> >> Wouldn=99t that inform where you measure it? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Mar 14, 2021, at 10:29 PM, Daryl Thompson >> wrote: >> > >> > =EF=BB >> > I am wanting to install a new voltmeter in my 14V Cherokee Six. What >> recommendations do you have? Where would be the best place to sample t he >> volts with the master switch on? Thinking maybe at the master switch >> itself but when I tried that the volts read 11V on a charged battery. >> Should I just come directly off the bus bar? >> >> >> ========== >> - >> Electric-List" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"> >> http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?AeroElectric-List >> ========== >> FORUMS - >> eferrer" target="_blank">http://forums.matronics.com >> ========== >> WIKI - >> errer" target="_blank">http://wiki.matronics.com >> ========== >> b Site - >> -Matt Dralle, List Admin. >> rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.matronics.com/contributi on >> ========== >> >> >> >> ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 12:27:18 PM PST US From: Jeff Luckey Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Volt meter The Master is no bueno because it's ground-seeking, so you are seeing the voltage drop thru the master solenoid coil.=C2-=C2- In my Cherokee, I ran mine from the back of the cigarette lighter cuz it wa s close to where I mounted my voltmeter and it is already fused. Just make sure you feed the voltmeter through a fuse or breaker.=C2-=C2 - -Jeff On Sunday, March 14, 2021, 07:37:46 PM PDT, Daryl Thompson wrote: I am wanting to install a new voltmeter in my 14V Cherokee Six. What recom mendations=C2-=C2-do you have?=C2- Where would be the best place to s ample the volts with the master switch on?=C2- Thinking maybe at the mast er switch itself but when I tried that the volts read 11V on a charged batt ery. Should=C2-I just come directly off the bus bar?=C2- ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 12:28:42 PM PST US From: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Volt meter At 07:28 AM 3/15/2021, you wrote: >=C2 Looking to keep tabs on the battery voltage >but don't=C2 want to connect directly to battery >and have a continuous=C2 draw when the master switch is off > For all practical purposes voltage are equal across the bus structure. You can tie the add-on voltmeter to any source on the bus. It's not uncommon to simply tap an existing breaker . . . no new breaker or needed. The only time you're going to read 'battery voltage' is if the alternator is not running. So as soon as you power up the bus but before starting the engine, the meter displays LOADED battery voltage for what ever accessories are presently turned on. Bob . . . Un impeachable logic: George Carlin asked, "If black boxes survive crashes, why don't they make the whole airplane out of that stuff?" ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 09:33:32 PM PST US Subject: AeroElectric-List: Re: Volt meter From: "luciham20" Thanks for the information on this. 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