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ependydad
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May 03, 2018

Review/critique of planned battery/inverter system?

Before we traded the old rig, I yanked out the batteries, battery monitor, inverter, and related accouterments (battery disconnect, catastrophic fuse, and circuit breaker). The old setup was fairly...
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ependydad
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May 04, 2018
pianotuna wrote:
Hi,

While the connections to the buss are equal length, the length of the buss to the charger from battery #4 is MUCH greater than from battery #1. That leaves it unbalanced.

Stack the cables (two under the bar and two above the bar) on a single connector. Loads can go anywhere on the buss.


I see. I think that was more an issue of the diagram than what it would actually be in reality, but still good to be mindful of.

Do you have any recommendations for bussbars to buy?

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