Battery monitor: useful tool or toy?
Hello all. As we prepare for FT (mostly boondocking) I am working through the 12v upgrades. Got the 600 AH of Lifelines in place. Two banks of 6v pairs; 4 batts in all. Upgraded the converter to 80, p...
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jrnymn7 wrote:
Snowman, the shunt was my concern with that ebay meter you bought. I forget what the determining factor is, but I know I needed the 500 amper, with my 430Ah bank and 1000w inverter.
http://www.bestconverter.com/500-amp50mv-Shunt_p_96.html#.VFRODmewX1k
I don't know why I didn't buy the 5-40V, 200A version. Well, yes I do, originally I was just planning to monitor solar charging, and I wanted a shunt big enough to accept good sized ring terminals. So that is why I bought the one I did. Then I realized that other than (maybe) genset starting, which does not have to go through the shunt anyway, I could monitor everything with this one. Mission creep. :)
It appears I could buy their $10, 200A shunt and use it with my meter. I will write them and see.
