Hey all, have a quick question. I bought this battery monitor on Amazon. The display panel is wireless and just powered by USB so I went for it since it gives me a lot of options for mounting.DROK Multimeter Displayhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M5CWR2P/ref=sr_ph_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1490893574&sr=sr-1&keywords=drokI'm not really sure how I should wire this up. Right now I have 2x160w panels going to my controller in the front storage bay, then the controller going directly to my batteries in the front A-frame.I believe this is the proper wiring diagram, but unsure of how I should actually go about this. Is my battery the power supply and the load the charge controller? I usually have no issues with this stuff but for some reason this is stumping me. Any insight is greatly appreciated!

Is that picture the only installation instruction?I just installed the Victron unit (which is amazing since it's bluetooth to your smartphone) and it also required installation of a shunt as you pictured above.You simply need the negative from the battery going thru the shunt (your picture) to the coach. And yes, "power supply" is your battery. The "load" is not your charge controller.. it's the entire coach. I'm not sure what the extra + connection is for.The meter will then communicate with the shunt to know exactly what's going in and out of the battery.

I looks to me like it installs like any other meter, just before the final ground connection to the battery bank.-top left large bolt to the battery negative terminal-top right large bolt to to negative of all other loads, you may need a bus bar instead of putting all grounds on that 1 terminal-small top left screw terminal to battery positive, it requires a small amount of power to operate.- no idea on the jumper wire thoughyou have to run everything through the shunt or it won't be able to measure everything and won't be accurate.maybe someone that has one will come along to verify

2oldman wrote:I just installed the Victron unit (which is amazing since it's bluetooth to your smartphone) and it also required installation of a shunt as you pictured above.I have the Victron with the BT dongle as well, I't's great being able to check it with your phone from outside or within quite a ways of the camper instead of having to go look at the meter. My meter is hidden away in a cabinet

hedge wrote:2oldman wrote:I just installed the Victron unit (which is amazing since it's bluetooth to your smartphone) and it also required installation of a shunt as you pictured above.I have the Victron with the BT dongle as well, I't's great being able to check it with your phone from outside or within quite a ways of the camper instead of having to go look at the meter. My meter is hidden away in a cabinetHmm, my inverter and other loads are quite a bit away from where my charge controller is. If I hook it up at the controller, it should still give me battery and solar charging stats correct, it just won't know the status of any other part of the system? If so, I'm ok with that.

Tricon wrote:a) my inverter and other loads are quite a bit away from where my charge controller is. b) If I hook it up at the controller, it should still give me battery and solar charging stats correct,c) it just won't know the status of any other part of the system? If so, I'm ok with that.a) I don't know what that has to do with installing a shunt at the batteriesb) it will give you amps into the battery when the solar is working, but won't tell you anything about amps out of the battery, like at night. It may tell you the battery voltage. I'm not sure.c) Nope. You're kind of defeating the purpose of the unit by not installing it properly.

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hedge
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Mar 30, 2017
I looks to me like it installs like any other meter, just before the final ground connection to the battery bank.

-top left large bolt to the battery negative terminal
-top right large bolt to to negative of all other loads, you may need a bus bar instead of putting all grounds on that 1 terminal
-small top left screw terminal to battery positive, it requires a small amount of power to operate.
- no idea on the jumper wire though

you have to run everything through the shunt or it won't be able to measure everything and won't be accurate.

maybe someone that has one will come along to verify
2oldman
Explorer II
Mar 30, 2017
Is that picture the only installation instruction?

I just installed the Victron unit (which is amazing since it's bluetooth to your smartphone) and it also required installation of a shunt as you pictured above.

You simply need the negative from the battery going thru the shunt (your picture) to the coach. And yes, "power supply" is your battery. The "load" is not your charge controller.. it's the entire coach. I'm not sure what the extra + connection is for.

The meter will then communicate with the shunt to know exactly what's going in and out of the battery.

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