Voltage drop on inverter
I have a Samlex 3012 inverter charger that is powered by 4 x 100 ah LIFEPo4 batteries. Each of the batteries is wired separately to a bus bar using 00 welding cable, this bus bar feeds another one tha...
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pianotuna wrote:
phemens I have one class T fuse on each battery bank rated at 350 amps. I never use heavy loads without both banks strapped together.
Since you have two LI batteries in parallel, you could, in theory, put one 350 on each positive post.
I have a total of 5 batteries to wire up. Someone (might have been you!) was suggesting wiring them in 2 banks (1 of 2, 1 of 3) and then joining at the bus. You have your banks separated because they're different capacities/age? Mine are all same (100AH) and same Mfg date.
Right now I was putting them all in parallel and fusing before the positive bus. I'm assuming I don't need a separate fuse to the inverter in that setup.
