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Offline exvalvesetdabbler

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Re: 400 four earth points
« Reply #30 on: August 16, 2026, 05:52:23 PM »
Ken, for daylight visibility blue is the way to go together with some blue or grey perspex as a contrast filter.

I have the same unit that you used, I ordered blue and they sent me orange, impossible to see going down the road. I guess red would be similar.

The blue one that I have now is easy to see and those units can be adjusted to account for the small voltage drop between the connectors in the headlight shell and the battery.  Ideally you need a small relay and dedicated fused wire from the battery for monitoring.

They come in two variants , single wire that just measure what it's given as power and the two wire version that has the measuring wire seperately to power. Seperate measuring wire means v low current and no voltage drop on that wire.  It's easy to convert from one to the other if you have a steady hand and soldering iron.

I had planned to wire mine up with a separate monitoring wire eventually, but at the moment it's doing its job.  Just need to calibrate my brain to add 0.3v to the reading for now.

Should add that the contrast filter makes all the difference. Loads of suppliers on fleabay who will send  you a 'sample' of 3mm perspex quite cheaply.

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Dave
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Re: 400 four earth points
« Reply #31 on: August 16, 2026, 06:37:58 PM »
I have loads of perspex lying around. Mine has 3 wires. I was intending to just wire ot into the black power feed of a Honda. Only want it displaying when the ignition is on. I blew one up accidentally, I bet I blew the blue one 😋😋😋
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Re: 400 four earth points
« Reply #32 on: August 16, 2026, 07:18:53 PM »
If you wire it up from the headlight shell, you get a small voltage drop as I would expect when the coils are energised.  I set mine up  to read right with the kill switch set to off, so very little current flowing in the switched live. Easy to check battery before firing up.

Wiring measurement wire back to the battery and a relay off the ignition wire is best if you have time and patience.

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« Reply #33 on: August 16, 2026, 07:28:47 PM »
So long as it gives me some indication of a fault occurring that should do. If I see it dropping I can always head home turning stuff off as and when it becomes advisable.
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Re: 400 four earth points
« Reply #34 on: August 16, 2026, 10:27:01 PM »
That was my thinking at the time and it has saved me a walk home.