Small panel mount voltmeter
 

Anyone have a source for the small LCD voltmeters, about 1" x 2". I also have seen them in a 1"-1.5" round configuration.

I need a couple of them for one of my new planes and for my new power box panel.


Thanks---Tom

Voltmeter
 

Tom have you looked at the I4C Products voltmeter, they are about the size your are talking about. I will look for their web address later and post it for you.

Sung

Small panel mount voltmeter
 

Here ya go:

http://www.i4cproducts.com/c-volt.htm

Gordon

Small panel mount voltmeter
 

Jameco have'em for $12.95 :

All of them:
http://www.jameco.com/cgi-bin/ncomme...ch=panel+meter

One of them:
http://www.jameco.com/cgi-bin/ncomme...nbr=501&ctgys=

Voltmeter
 

Thanks---just what I needed.

Tom

Small panel mount voltmeter
 

This are very nice and good, but watch out they do not have a built-in load tester. Kelly

Small panel mount voltmeter
 

Since they stay in the aircraft all the time, and are active the whole time the radio is turned on, your whole radio system is the built-in load tester.

Regs,
Gordon

Jameco Description
 

LOL! Check out the Jameco PDF file for the digital meter:

http://www.jameco.com/Jameco/Products/ProdCT/p037.pdf

"Digital Penal Meter" !!!!!!

Man that's gotta hurt! Is this a new FAA medical requirement? If so I guess they can have my license!

Antony

Small panel mount voltmeter
 

Note that according to the spec. sheets, the Jameco ones require a separate 9V battery to supply power to the display...

Bob

Re: Jameco Description
 

Mine reads 10.7 ;)

I'm just glad that it's a voltmeter. If it had been a pressure gauge, they would probably also have managed to do a typo on PSI.

Gordon

Voltmeter
 

Yes, I have noticed that the external battery is required on the cheaper Jameco's.

I will probably go with that one for my power box, since I have the voltage available, but will stick with the I4C one for the planes, since I don't want to stick in another battery.

I have one in my current flying Bandit. It just did not have a label on who made it, which is why I posted originally. It looks exactly like the I4C unit. It came in a D/F plane I bought a couple of years ago.

They sure are pricey though.

Thanks again for the help

Tom

Small panel mount voltmeter
 

http://www.jameco.com/Jameco/Products/ProdDS/108388.pdf

The full spec reads 7-11 V @ 1 mA

A 9V battery will last quite a while at 1mA. If the battery is objectionable, then step down/up the DC supply per requirements.

A 3 kOhm resistor will drop a 12V battery down to 9V if the 1 mA draw is correct.

Small panel mount voltmeter
 

The problem is in an aircraft flight system where the battery voltage is either 4.8V or 6V nominally. The i4cproducts ones designed for aircraft mounting probably have a DC-DC converter in them to supply the power to the display, or they have a lower voltage display which costs more than the Jameco one. Either way, that probably explains the higher cost of the i4cproducts units.

Bob