Hello all. I just joined because I have been doing some upgrades to my father's 1999 Scamp 16 since he got it this past January. I am impressed with the construction of these trailers and the community of devoted owners. Don't see too many on the East Coast.

So regarding power monitoring, for those out there that are looking for a very powerful device in a small package you should consider the Doc Wattson battery monitor. Following the lead of John from http://justfinding.blogspot.com/p/scamp-19.html and some advice from an electrical engineer friend I installed this nifty unit. It gives you amps, watts, voltage, amp-hours (Ah), kilowatt-hours (Kwh) and peak amps and minimum voltage in a nice little package (only 2.8" L x 1.7" W x 0.83" D). The lower left data scrolls which is why you do not see all that I have listed above in the picture below. This is perfect for boondocking since having amp-hours is essentially a gas gauge for your battery and it only has a 0.007 amp parasitic draw. I wired this up to measure draw from the battery but it can also be wired inline with a generation device (i.e. solar panel) to measure what is going into a battery. If anyone needs further details about how this can be wired check out the website below or let me know. There are many variations but mine is simply wired inline on the ground wire just off the battery and powered off the positive with an inline switch to interrupt power to reset amp-hours (3-wire hookup graphic below). Where it says DC inverter this is just all of your DC loads (lights, furnace, pumps, 12V outlets, etc.)

www.rc-electronics-usa.com/ammeters/rv-battery-monitor.html