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DrewE
Mar 21, 2016Explorer II
rjsurfer wrote:
How far from the shunt and case can I put the digital readout?
Ron w
How long are your wires?
The shunt is a very low impedance source (fractional milliohms). The display is likely a fairly high impedance input. Distance is pretty much immaterial in practical terms; hundreds or thousands of feet might be a little troublesome. Any practical length within an RV will be just fine. If the distance is long, it perhaps would be appropriate to use a twisted pair wire for the current sense to make sure that any stray voltage picked up via inductance doesn't affect the reading. I kind of doubt it would matter much in practice.
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