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Upgrade/Replacement for Panel Gauges
For those of us (Joe Carter) who have antique coaches with
the older Bass electrical panels and may have trouble finding a replacement
digital meter or not satisfied with the layout or operation of their panel this
company was mentioned on the BNO forum. http://www.frontpanelexpress.com/products/front_panels/Their website includes free software so you can design your
own panel. One of my digital meters
failed about a year ago. Bass is still in business and the folks at Bass are
very helpful. They eventually found a replacement hidden away in a back room
closet, but it was the last one. My
panel doesn’t measure amp draw on the inverter side and I would like to have that function.
My ideal is to design a rectangular black power coated panel with counter sunk screw
holes, properly sized and spaced openings that will fit digital meters similar
to these.http://www.ebay.com/itm/391012733473?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
It will be sized just to cover the original meters and I
think if it’s not too far off in color it should look good with counter sunk
screws holding it in place.Ken
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Sounds like a plan. My 91 after Inverter change to Magnum, everything quit working ac,dc voltage and amp draw meters after electrical cat hooked Magnum up.. Was told they smoked when other inverter shorted. All i have is the Magnum remote to tell me if charger is working and amp draw. At least would like to have ac voltage. Keep us posted on progress.
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Thanks for reminder that the fix it list is too long so the upgrade list never gets anything completed.
like the a/c amp meter that does not work on one of the legs and the DC voltmeter that reads 0.15 volts low compared to my fluke.
My Bass set up has 4 digital gauges across the top
DC volts switchable between 12 V house, 12V generator start, and 24V start
A/C volts
A/C amps, these two are switchable between the 2 A/C legs so I suspect the 10 turn coil is bad on one leg but have never checked it
A/C amps dedicated to the inverter loadsinteresting set up in that the second 2500 watt inverter only supplies power to the ice box
i would like to have the inverter supply voltage to know the output but that may be problematic with a modified sine wave output when on the battery
more fun looms
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Front panel express. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
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