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Default 5-0-5 A panel meter?


"T i m" wrote in message
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Hi All,

I'm looking for one of those little panel meters to be used for
monitoring the charge / discharge rate on my garage solar lighting
system please [1] (around a tenner would be fine).

Everything seems to be digital these days and whilst I could build a
little monitoring panel showing current (shunt resistors etc) I think
an analogue meter would be more suitable (in an analogue watch or rev
counter sorta way).

Cheers, T i m

[1] The charge controller I'm using has LED's indicating battery
voltage (red, amber green) and solar panel charging or not. I could
put a 0-5A meter on the input side but that wouldn't also show the
battery discharge rate (handy when experimenting with different types
of light).

Have you tried Rapid? http://www.rapidonline.com/ They have a lot of
components at reasonable prices. Just type in your search and you might get
something that fits your requirements.