Re: Ammeter Placement

[strowbridge <strowbridge@MINDSPRING.COM>]

>If the dash mounted meter is an analog meter, then you can put the shunt
>anywhere you want. Why not put it in the motor current loop. The E-meter
>already reads battery amps. I have five shunts in my car (2 motors) so I
>can read total battery amps and battery or motor amps for each
>controller/motor. I find that motor amps can be quite useful.
>
>See ya, David
>Re: Ammeter Placement

What do you use motor amps for?  Isn't it a much more useful tool while
driving to follow how much power you're pulling from the batteries?  Even
though the E-meter is already tracking this, I would think you would want
that display right under your nose so you can drive efficiently.

Scott Trowbridge

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Re: Ammeter Placement