Volt meter recommendations

[DimitriT]

The smallest Voltmeter I was able to find was this unit. It is about 1.44 inches across and 1 inch deep.

http://amzn.com/B00LUMIQJO

This worked out for my GS550L which has no room around the instrument cluster. I fabricated a bracket out of 1/8 inch aluminum so I could mount it to the bar clamp bolt:

I also used a small relay to give it switched current from the battery:

http://amzn.com/B000CJ05WW

This gives me battery voltage without worrying that the meter will drain it.

 

[Dogma]

Nice little unit. I might have used that, if I had found it 4 years ago.

 

[posplayr]

Nice little unit. I might have used that, if I had found it 4 years ago.

There are a lot more options now. I'm in the process of dropping my pods in favor of LED displays in the dash (Volts and Pressure). The 3 digit LED displays fit in place of an idiot light.

 

[LarryJ]

Dimitri, that is one cool little voltmeter! I'm ordering one to put on my 1100GK! I can mount it right on one of the fairing dash panels! Thanks!

 

[Gorminrider]

Recently Mine indicated a lower-than-I'm-used-to-seeing voltage so I checked out the system and discovered a badly crimped connector. The covering was just beginning to melt...
There were no symptoms running the bike, but it was surely on it's way to failure without this 2$ instrument.

 

[Dogma]

Nice! Money well spent.

 

[SVSooke]

That unit DimitriT has is the front of the unit Grimly linked to earlier.Looked on eBay for one and ordered one for the 78 1000.


Here it is mounted.I used the spare brown wire for parking light.Means it only comes on if I turn the lights on though.Really need to do something like that rely for it.

 

[hannibal]

Looks good; I know I spent a lot of time figuring out how to mount my gauges. Especially with a fairing the whole thing is a real tricky fit.

Boost gauge?!

 

[posplayr]

Boost is the only 15 psi 270 sweep mechanical VDO in black gauge i Could find. Under hard acceleration it will peg.

 

[Grimly]

That unit DimitriT has is the front of the unit Grimly linked to earlier.Looked on eBay for one and ordered one for the 78 1000.


Here it is mounted.I used the spare brown wire for parking light.Means it only comes on if I turn the lights on though.Really need to do something like that rely for it.

Mine arrived just a couple of days ago, after six weeks in the post. HK Post is so unpredictable nowadays, whereas it used to be considerably quicker than stuff from mainland China. Ironically, in the same period I had stuff arrive from Shengzhen, Guangdo and other places within a week. Go figure.
Anyway, the guage is a neat little thing and I'll get another couple of them - it's not dead accurate against my bench voltmeter, reading under by 0.3V, but as long as it remains consistent, that'll do. It's only an indicator, not a lab gauge.
Oddly, it came with a 20A fuse in line - must have been what was available at the time.

 

[posplayr]

The VOM will generally have a gain adjust pot. I was able to adjust one of the $1.50 VOM to be very accurate according to my fluke meter. My power supply meter was also really not accurate. I think when all said znd done at voltages under. 10.v the $1.50 unit was accurate (after adjust) to 0.05 volts or better.