SKILLS SCHOOL THE PENNY PROJECT
LAST MONTH, we discussed the installation of Penny's new Renogy 500A Battery Monitor and the wiring upgrades needed to support it. With that work all done, it was time to find out what our new toy could tell us.
Keeping track
A battery monitor helps you to keep track of how a 12V leisure battery is performing.
If your van is on a hook-up, the battery status is of no real consequence. Your 12V systems will all work and the charger will keep your battery fit and healthy. But we want to mix up our stops a bit more. Of course, we will stay on sites with hook-ups, but we want to be able to use Penny to stay on smaller sites and festival fields, going off-grid in comfort. That's why we have decided to invest in the low-voltage electrics.
Few vans have sophisticated battery monitoring. Most will only tell you the voltage in your battery: whether, at that moment, you have power
