bayite DC 6.5-100V 0-100A LCD Display Digital Current Voltage Power Energy Meter Multimeter Ammeter Voltmeter with 100A Current Shunt

I have been using these bayite meters for almost three years now, not only in my travel trailer, but in my shed solar setup. The CHARGE and DISCHARGE meters in my photos are my original meters purchased in April 2019 and the SOLAR and INVERTER meters are the newer models ordered in April 2022. The only differences I can discern is the button on the front. The older meters had a recessed button and you needed a pen or pin to press it, whereas the newer model has a low profile button but can easily be pressed with just a finger, no device needed.The picture attached is before I upgraded the system: 10A controller with 200W solar array (upgrading to a 30A and 300W next) and these pictures were taken under partial tree shade in the late afternoon sun. The TT is running a 2000W modified sine wave inverter off a 385AH flooded lead acid battery bank, which powers mostly a residential mini fridge in the TT outside kitchen, wired through a 120V manual transfer switch to the GFCI outlets. You can see that the INVERTER load from the fridge is about 6A, while the solar output is about 4A, which correlates to the almost 2A battery discharge (including other low current devices: RV fridge circuit board, USB outlets, display lights).This type of setup is great for monitoring and measuring the performance of your batteries and solar system and if you have enough solar available or if your inverter loads are too much. To see what your actual amp-hour draw is, divide the ENERGY output by 12 (or whatever voltage you are running) to get AH so you can size your battery bank appropriately. My setup needs about 186 AH max per day and I am adequate on capacity but really should add an additional 100AH (of course I should add an additional 100W of solar too, but really there isn’t a hard ceiling to the max specs, just mind your budget). I boondock occasionally, but consider myself more of a touring adventurer, meaning I drive long distances in between destinations and camp mainly overnight in the forest or dispersed. My tow vehicle provides charging power along with the solar panels to recharge my batteries and my last 24 hours yielded 166 AH used so I never get below 50% of my battery bank. The extra 100W will help with the charge too once complete.I 3D printed a couple of meter mounts in black ABS and mounted them outside of the RV’s control panel. I could have also flush mounted them for a lower profile look but I think they look pretty good the way they are now. I used some spare Cat 6 and some jacketed landscape wiring to run from the RV batteries to the control panel. I would recommend finding some type of stranded small gauge wire for ease of crimping onto ring terminals and heat shrink tubing to protect them from separating while attached. Using ring terminals is the most secure to attach to the shunts but you can use spades or bare wire too. A good option for mounting is directly attaching the shunt to the negative battery terminal or inverter post, just remember to attach ALL load negatives on the other side of the shunt to accurately capture all discharging loads on the meter. The diagram provided by bayite on this site in the manufacturer pictures show to connect the solar meter/shunt AFTER the controller, which is a correct installation if you want to know how much power the solar controller is sending to your batteries. Bayite also provides a link to a modified diagram where the solar meter/shunt (included in my review pictures) is connected BEFORE the solar controller, directly in line from the solar panels, which will provide the meter with information with how much power your solar panels are actually producing. Each wiring is correct but provides different information; the voltages will differ as connecting before the controller will show the solar panel voltage whereas connecting after will show the battery voltage.Your shunt may have cuts in them, which is completely normal as it’s how they’re calibrated. Other reviews here say they have cuts and that they are damaged, but that’s inaccurate. These meters are good displays especially for solar controllers that don’t have displays or don’t show enough information. Great product, great longevity, and great information displayed for nerd like me who like to watch the numbers go up and down as conditions change.

Great product and service. Highly recommended!

Figured I'd save someone the grief of finding out the hard way what I did. You cannot back-feed charging current through this, it will stop working forever. Until that little oops it seems like a nice unit. It was easy to install, and the size is perfect for what I needed. It would have been nice if this warning had been in the instructions somewhere though, I would have wired it differently.

This item works well... I have no issues with this unit. I personally do not like the Blue Background, but that is a personal preference - (My eyes do not like blue)! This item does seem to be of high quality and I believe easy to use. The size is good as you can read it from a distance.

GREAT product!!

I very much like the features of this product. Because its display all the info I need in my motor home. Sure the weak plastic mounting lips don't work great, and I wish the visibility of the the LCD was better. If mounted at eye level or higher its very readable but any thing lower than straight on at eye level it becomes more difficult to read.I tried a few of these and my major problem is that I compared the voltage reading of this unit to 2 Digital volt meter meters, one being a high end FLUKE, and both meters say the voltage reading on this unit at 12.5 volts are lower ( -.09 volts off) . This may not seem much but its almost ONE decimal point off which means in my application of monitoring 4 RV batteries, its at 10 percent off of my usable battery voltage/capacity. This is huge for me ! I know this unit is not expensive for what it is but I would be willing to pay 2x the price for a unit that is more accurate of better calibrated.This being said Bayite customer service was very responsive and did try to help but say the meter can not be adjusted and IS within the accuracy they state of 1 percent in the listing description so hey what can I say to that if that applies to the amperage metering also. It does not seem like much 1% but for me its still a lot. By the way in the very well written manual, its states that the accuracy is "1 Grade" . I have no Idea what that means.Measuring low amperages (2 amp/h at 12v) reading are close to FLUKE meter but as the current increases (at 7 amps the deviation was about 0.3 to 0.4 amps to high) so does the deviation on the Bayite meter . Which would make sense as the Bayite meter shows a lower voltage than in reality, therefore when using the same wattage the current (amp) draw would indeed show higher.All in all , I am still keeping the unit, and adding .1 volt to what ever the meter says. I am hoping the Watt/hrs numbers are within the stated 1 percent which may well be possible. I guess if the amp draw shows higher and the voltage lower then the Watt/hrs numbers may still be within manufacturers tolerances ?Anyway this unit is great for what it offers compared to the price, although I would rather pay more for a more accurate unit or one that the voltage can be calibrated by myself to the voltage range I am using it in. Just cant seem to find another unit like this one......Please Bayite, ( I know you are reading this haha...) keep me on your list for your V2.0 of this product. I would LOVE to buy and test it!