Thinking a Battery Monitor.............
I've completed my upgrade to my Solar System (There is a thread on "Do it yourself Modifications) Thinking(after the fact of course)that I should have considered a Battery Monitor in the upgrade, or ...
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The monitor with its shunt doesn't care what brand /model of controller or anything else you have. All it cares about is the amps going through its shunt, where you must pass all the negs from everything you have to get a true count for the battery bank.
The controller must be "up-stream" of the monitor's shunt, so the controller's display shows what amps the solar is doing, while the monitor shows how much of that is going to the battery bank.
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Remember that loads come first with any charger. Same with solar or converter or portable charger. The batteries always suck hind tit. The monitor tells only how much the batteries are getting after the loads take their cut.
The controller must be "up-stream" of the monitor's shunt, so the controller's display shows what amps the solar is doing, while the monitor shows how much of that is going to the battery bank.
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Remember that loads come first with any charger. Same with solar or converter or portable charger. The batteries always suck hind tit. The monitor tells only how much the batteries are getting after the loads take their cut.
