Phone: 714-751-0488
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P.O. Box 1306
Newport Beach,
California 92663
Introduction
The DCV Battery Voltmeter provides accurate low cost digital
instruments for 3 banks of batteries between 9.5 and 33 Volts.
The instrument displays battery voltage for any one of three
banks. You can set Low and High voltage alarms for each
bank independently and the DCV continuously monitors the
voltage of each bank at all times. When activated, the 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.
You can select to have either an external alarm output or
standard NMEA 0183 compatible data alarm output. If you
select NMEA 0183, the voltage of each battery is output once
per second as 4800 BAUD serial data stream.
Installation
Before starting the installation, please read this entire
section first. The instrument may be installed in a bulkhead
or in NEWMAR's Single or Dual Universal Meter Panel
Blanks (contact factory). Remove the rear bracket, attach
wiring as explained in the following section, then reassemble
and install as shown in the diagram below. Finger tighten
the nuts that secure the bracket - do not use tools. (You may
use Lock-Tite to keep the nuts from vibrating loose.) Be sure
to slide the bulkhead gasket over the instrument body before
you install the instrument.
Drill a 2-1/8" (55mm) mounting hole (or use NEWMAR's
Single or Dual Universal Meter Panel Blanks) as shown in
FIGURE 1.
Model: DCV
DC Voltmeter
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NSTALLATION
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ANUAL
FIGURE 1
Bring the wires out the mounting hole and make the connec-
tions to the screw terminal on the instrument case as shown
on FIGURE 2 and FIGURE 3.
Note: For proper operation, all three battery inputs MUST
be connected to 9.6 VDC minimum. For installations with
fewer than three battery banks, jumper spare terminals (E)
or (F) to terminal (B).
FIGURE 2
(FIGURE 3 ON REVERSE)
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