Calling on Solar Techies
I have been thinking of going solar for some time and decided to pull the plug. My wants are a 400 to 500 watt system. I have four 12 volt batteries with 340ah. I am not planning on changing b...
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BFL13 wrote:
The shunt is energized but has nothing on the load side, and on the battery side the fuse was removed so it is not connected to the battery neg. Is there a fuse holder still there?
So the only wires on the shunt are the amps measuring wires on either side of the shunt? and the monitor has positive 12v?
It is unusual that there would be a fuse between the shunt's battery end and the battery neg post.
I have not figured this out--just collecting info now. ISTR you had a similar problem way back with the battery switch on the neg side, now gone? Is something connecting via the metal battery box?
The battery side of the shunt is connected to the negative terminal of battery 4. The shunt is powered by a low amp fuse to the positive side of battery 4. That is the fuse I removed.
Wires going into battery box are shielded and not touching anything metal.
I am thinking this is the same problem that came up before that I thought was fixed. After removing the disconnect switch and connecting the loads to the shunt their was no short. Therefor, I thought that removing the disconnect switch had fixed it.
I am perplexed why the short goes away when all load wires are connected to the load side of shunt?
