Help me choose a fuse and shunt
Four 6v golf cart batteries connected together with 2AWG wire, then 4/0 wire used to connect to the inverter posts. Inverter posts also connect to PD9270 converter/charger. According to wiring gui...
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DiskDoctr wrote:BFL13 wrote:
...If you get the Trimetric, you will need its 500a shunt, not the little 100a one. (IMO just bite the bullet and get the Tri instead of fooling around with cheaper kinds that can't do it all)
$200 :(
Eventually may build out Arduino, but looking for something to get started. If we can find a decent hall effect ring in this amperage, I'd be happier to use it. If we go over the amps on it, there shouldn't be any damage to the sensor, right?
The inverter really wants direct cables to the batteries, according to all the installation docs I read. Make sense ?
Same with the converter/charger, then branch to the frame lug and feed to the camper/distribution box.
It may not be "ideal" but should be fine, right?
The inverter installation instructions assume no shunt. You are allowed to have one though. It is easier to do a set up without one for sure.
You don't need any kind of monitor or ammeter to go camping. You must have a voltmeter. So get whatever works. Or keep getting them until you get one that does.
Yes the Tri is more up front, but it lasts. Got mine seven years ago and counting, so 200/7 = 28.57 a year which isn't so bad and will be even better next year!
