Re: Remote Car Battery Voltage Monitoring

[Doug Smith W9WI <w9wi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert Green wrote:
> This is probably the most appropriate solution.  I especially like your idea
> of wiring it so that if it is accidentally disconnected via a "drive off"
> that there won't be a live 12VDC plug lying in the driveway.  I was also

A possibly easier alternative would be to use a different connector.
Like the Anderson Powerpoles.  This too would disconnect via
"drive-off", but it wouldn't accidentially short the 12V charger if the
plug happened to land on a piece of metal.  Yet you wouldn't have to
worry about the loose plug on the van end shorting the battery either.
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Doug Smith W9WI
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