can you drive the car with the meter plugged in?
1048638
Yes. You will be able to watch the performance of your alternator as it increaseas & decreases voltage. I have left mine plugged in all the time. Lets you monitor battery voltage with car off.Does not seem to drain battery at all.
1048639
YES you can drive and watch how much and when your battery is charging or discharging. if your lighter socket is always hot it best not to let it plugged in when not running motor. HOPE THIS HELPS
1048640
Yes, I do it frequently to monitor my electrical system. Just don't let it distract you from driving.
1866324
Yes, you can plug it in any power socket in your car with the accessary power cable.
1975853
Yes, but you still have to unplug it when you start your car. Also if its anything like the one of got it wont last more than a few hours anyway.
988525
Yes. I have 2 of these ecometers (in 2 different cars) and they are set to in their respective modes whenever I turn on the engine.
122092
No. I got a car to plug adapter and I just plug it into that. It works great.
683693
I cannot-but a call to Fantastic Vent Customer Service wil have the answer...It is very low though..I hook mine up to a portable car start battery w/accessory jack, and plug that into a DC jack when driving..I have never had an issue..
1408756
Yes. But if you are asking if it will charge your devices without the motor running, that would depend on whether or not your car's power outlet is wired directly to the battery or to the ignition circuit. The latter would require the key to be in the "on" position.
1691797
yes, it should be left plugged into your cigarette lighter at all times. then when you turn the car on it starts recording, when you turn the car off it stops
2206635
When we received our meter it failed to work at all.The supplier decided not to send a replacement siting shipping costs to effect the return and ship a replacement. But it was intended to be used for a voltage monitor on our sailboat. I'm sure it can be used in a car.
131144
I never tried it that way. I just use it for a trickle charge on my wife's car if we are gone for a while. Sorry
1373725
You probably could but why would you want to? Because the BatteryMinder has some pretty sensitive electronics to monitor the battery charge level and temperature, I would not recommend leaving it attached to the battery when you start the vehical... at least I wouldn't do that.
1159792
That depends entirely on your car. The outlet in your car determines whether power goes to the device or not. Not the device.
166030
No you don"t Pheng, you can drive with no adverse effects on either your car battery or the electrical system on your vehicle. I leave mine plugged in all the time, unless I'm using a different device, ie; radar detector, GPS, etc.
312754
Yes you can providing you buy the power probe with the volt meter built in which is a really good feature. Helps with making sure you have power and the components you are checking
663587
Sure you can but IMO it would take double time as the computer USB should have half the output than the car or electricity net connection.
1988785
Yes you can... I would place the panel on the dash and install a cigarette lighter adapter to the charge controller.
698455
Sure, if you wanted to. You'd just need to wire it such that it has constant power while the car is running.