Connecting a 100 watt solar panel to Zamp port

Originally posted by CharlieM Originally posted by WillThrill   Not to be persnickety................... You are correct if nothing else is plugged into the splitter. It's the higher current drawn from the splitter by other things like charges, fans, computers, etc. that cause voltage drop. These contribute to inaccuracy in the voltage reading. If you're going expend the effort why not do it right

To get a truly accurate reading, you would need to be pulling no current at all from any source for at least a couple of hours. If anything is drawing from your batteries, you will get a falsely low reading. It just comes with the territory. And as stated by someone else, a slightly low reading isn't going to hurt anything.

But that's just my $.02!

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Originally posted by schwartzw sorry for replying to a 11 month old thread but so i search for on amazon to get that little display voltage meter and how does it plug in (got picts?) thanks, Bill

I installed this 12 volt socket close to the fuse box in my 177.

http://smile.amazon.com/Blue-Sea-Systems-Volt-Socket/dp/B001U4ZZPK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1435529536&sr=8-2&keywords=12+volt+socket

I can then plug in a 4 way extender to give me 4 sockets. I put an Innova battery monitor in one of them to monitor the batteries' voltage and use another one to power a 200 watt inverter for small AC items, like my laptop computer.

following this thread...

I bough a socket last fall and was going to install it but never found a good usable circuit in my fuse box.  Could someone provide details on where to tap in?