Simarine pico

[mrangry]

I have been looking at the Simarine battery monitoring systems but not quite sure what I need for my boat.

I have a house bank consisting of four 110 ah agm batteries and one 110 ah lead acid starter battery.

I want to be able to monitor battery voltage, solar input and also individual consumers like the fridge and electronics (plotter, additional screens etc). I may wish to add additional functions like fuel and water tank monitoring later.

Has anyone fitted these units or have any experience with them? It looks like a neat system but also quite expensive. Your thoughts appreciated.

 

[Buck Turgidson]

I have the Pico One fitted so no ancillary load monitoring. House bank, starter, temperature and barometric pressure. I could add a tank gauge but haven't got round to it yet. I see no reason to monitor solar individually as I have that data from my victron controller so just total load in/out on the Pico is fine. Had it 3 years now with no problems.

 

[noelex]

The Pico is very versatile and has a wonderful display. Ours monitors the three solar panels plus the total battery current on the primary display with various temperatures, barometric pressure etc on the secondary pages.

 

[Buck Turgidson]

The Pico is very versatile and has a wonderful display. Ours monitors the three solar panels plus the total battery current on the primary display with various temperatures, barometric pressure etc on the secondary pages.

61A out!! blimey are you powering the marina?

 

[mrangry]

I really just want to monitor the fridge usage etc because i have a 440ah bank that goes down to 75% overnight (according to ctek app) with only fridge, diesel heater and a few led lights. I would of expected that to be a very low usage given the capacity. I do however realise that the 300w solar input will be poor now we are approaching winter, just trying to do an audit to see whether I need to increase capacity or maybe my batteries are not as sound as I thought.