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installed an Aili-style battery monitor yesterday

installed the replacement shunt

https://mouse.mousetrap.net/blog/2024-02-10-installed-the-replacement-shunt-.html

Last post I mentioned that I’d ordered a replacement battery monitor.

Like an idjit I smoked my old shunt by shorting it while moving stuff around. I eventually replaced it with the Aili type.

It works fine, but I don't like how the data is presented. Totally my fault, I saw what the display looked like when I bought it. Grrr......

3 comments

Shadow

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You complain about the display, but then don't include any pics of it! Let us share in your annoyances!

fratermus

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The display looks like this. I took some pics for the post but the exposure was way off because the display varies/pulses continually while charging.

I have updated that subsection of the blog post with the above pic from the product listing on amazon. They are a little cheaper on ebay (~~$36 shipped) and a lot cheaper on aliexpress (~~$23 shipped) but I'm traveling so an Amazon locker was more convenient.

fratermus

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btw, the manual is hard to decipher (translation issues, one supposes). So I did a little write-up on its operation.

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