Where to put shunt
I need to install the shunt for my battery monitor. Batteries are wired to the inverter already. Is it necessary to put the shunt directly next to the battery bank or can I put it inline between the...
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Keep shunts, buss bars, fuses and breakers as far away from a flooded battery as possible.
Agree. All batteries (but especially flooded lead acid) give of vapor that will get to corrosion on most metals.
MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
The contact point to the shunt's metal should be mirror bright then a coating of NON PETROLEUM BASED sealer applied over-top.
While I would agree a silicone dielectric grease is probably best, but why the heavy emphasis on non-petroleum ?
MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
The shunt's milliamp wire terminals should be soldered.
Picking a nit, the metering device at the end of those wires is actually measuring millivolts. The amount of current passed is probably in the microamp range.
