On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:13:30 +0000, Kevin Poole
wrote:



T i m wrote:

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).

A cheap car or motorbike ammeter off eBay?

Seem to be plenty to choose from, including some 8-0-8 ones.

Hmm, I had a look this morning and couldn't find much and I've looked
again a found a few more this time.

There are some reproduction 12-0-12A ones (made in India) for about a
tenner and although they would certainly do I don't suppose I would
see much movement on the needle with my existing setup (I may expand
it later so ... ).

The 8-0-8 ones aren't cheap either and for the same money I could go
for a 0-10A digital and shunt (in light of the cost of some of the
analogue ones may be a second option). Not as 'nice' to read but
actually displaying specific (calibrated) info.

Ok, well thanks anyway and I'll put it all in the pot. ;-)

T i m