Watts Up and Doc Wattson

westbranch · February 2012

Are there any Canucks out there that have been able to purchase one of these from North of the 49 th?

One line REJECTS a Can. address even though they indicate that a Prov. and Can. postal code can be used.:grr:grr

they do not answer the phones.... :grr

Thanks
Eric

RandomJoe · February 2012

Re: Watts Up and Doc Wattson

Not in Canada, and not sure who you called... Assuming they don't make different versions of the things, there are a number of ham radio or RC-aircraft related sites that sell them. I'm sure plenty of them would be happy to sell / ship to Canada. Not sure what the price difference might be.

I bought mine from Powerwerx.com, they are $60 each there (either model).

One note, if you haven't used them before. Mine (Watts Up) are rated to 100A, and might just measure that, but they sure as heck couldn't handle that for any length of time. The unit gets noticeably warm with a 10A load going through it, and there's a measurable voltage drop. I have read posts on the net from people who removed the shunt resistor and used an external one to handle higher currents.

Not to say I don't like them, I use them all the time but wouldn't leave them inline full-time.

Hope that helps...!

westbranch · February 2012

Re: Watts Up and Doc Wattson

Thanks for the comment.

Sorry, I called these guys http://www.rc-electronics-usa.com/ammeters/r102-amp-hour-specs.html

as they seemed to be the main source for any info on these 2 meters.

I saw/read on one RV site where a Watts Up meter was used in place of a fuse ( prefab bypass with the meter inline) to trouble shoot, great idea.

My app is to monitor Amps in to the small guest house system while we are not there.

Seems the price is the same wherever I come across a listing.

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