VAH110 Digital Volts Amp hours three banks monitor provides accurate low cost digital instrumentation for three banks of batteries between 9.5 and 33 Volts.
The VAH-110 displays battery voltage for three banks and charging or discharge current and tells you how much battery capacity has been consumed and how much is remaining in your main house bank. It keeps track of all current entering and leaving the battery and applies the appropriate Peukert's and efficiency factors.
You can set Low and High voltage alarms and Low Amp-Hours Remaining alarms. When activated, the VAH-110 built-in 85 dB alarm will sound and the display will flash. Five levels of backlighting can be selected and all set-up, calibration constants and alarm values are saved to non-volatile memory. The VAH-110 comes complete with a calibrated 450 Amp shunt to measure current.
All constants and calibrations are pre-set during manufacture but you may alter these settings to suit your particular needs. Calibrations can be altered using the front-panel switches for: Battery voltage, battery current, charge efficiency, Peukert's exponent, battery bank capacity (in amp-hours), low and high voltage alarms and low amp hours remaining alarm value. An auto-zero function is easily initiated from the front panel to zero the ammeter.
With a press of the button you can display three different battery voltages (9.5 to 33.0 VDC each), current being delivered to or draining from the main house bank (-450 to +450 Amps), the number of amp-hours remaining in the house bank (0 to 3000 Amp-Hours) or the percentage charge remaining in the house bank (0 to 100%).
High volts, Low volts and Low Amp-Hours Remaining alarms can be independently set using the front panel switches and all alarms can be turned ON/OFF simultaneously with the press of a single key.
The VAH-110 draws only 0.035 amps and is designed to be left on continuously. 5 levels of backlight (including OFF) can be selected from the front panel and is saved to non-volatile memory.
The VAH-110 outputs Voltage, Amps and Amp-Hours Remaining on the standard NMEA 0183 serial data line at 4800 BAUD. This ASCII information can be used to log performance, repeat the display information at a remote location (see www.cruzpro.com/rp30.html ) or for use with the CruzPro SEAviz virtual instrumentation software running under Windows on your computer (see www.cruzpro.com/seaviz.html). If NMEA 0183 serial data is not required, then the output terminal can be programmed as an external alarm output pin.
VAH110 Specifications
- Operating Voltage: 9.50 - 33.00 VDC (Higher voltage versions available by special order)
- Current Drain: 0.035 amps nominal Display: Large 4 digit LCD, 5 levels of backlighting with external backlight on/off control
- Data: Volts (for three batteries), Amps, Amp-Hours, percentage charge remaining for house bank
- Ranges: 9.50 to 33.00 VDC, -450 to +450 Amps (in tenths below 20.0 amps, 0 to 3000 Amp-Hours, 0-100% charge remaining
- Custom OEM versions available to 60 VDC
- Battery Size: 100 to 3000 Amp-Hours, programmable
- Data Output: NMEA 0183 serial 4800 BAUD, $IIXDR,V; $IIXDR,A; $IIXDR,G Programmable as an external alarm output
- Alarms: Built-in 85 dB audible alarm. Settable high and low voltage alarms and low charge alarm.
- Size: 4.3\" X 4.3\" deep (110mm x 110mm)
- Mounting: 2-1/8\" (55mm) round hole
VAH110 Connection Diagram:
