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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 10:25 AM
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Anyone know where to get a Digital Watt Meter?

I'm looking for something along the lines of a single din Digital Watt Meter. If its capable of providing more info than just watts, then so be it, but I'm particularly interested in measuring Current/Watts.

Any help is appreciated. I would have thought AudioControl has one, but no luck

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Old Mar 21, 2008 | 02:41 AM
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i know you can get amp meter things, they just sort of clamp around a wire and through inductance know how many amps are flowing, then just sort of multiply by 12 or 14.4, but that would only work for power lines.
Old Mar 21, 2008 | 07:55 AM
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What you are looking for doesn't exist, to get accurate readings is usually not all that easy.

The closest thing to what you are looking for would be this, I don't know much about it however:
Rockford Fosgate® - PowerCube®
Old Mar 21, 2008 | 12:45 PM
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^ the 'power cube' is basically a three dimensional graph of voltage output versus impedance at differenct phase angles due to varying capacitance and inductance.... some company sells some device to measure all this...


Anyway, there are digital wattmeters that you can buy... but anything decent is going to be expensive, and isn't going to be ment to be installed in a car's dash

I have a feeling the OP is after some install candy, in which case I'd look into installing a VU meter.. you can get analog VU meters, or ones with LEDs that light up...

look on ebay
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