My Xantrex XBM shunt is in the negative lead between batteries and load, which isn't affected by the switch. Like Colin, I monitor the house bank only. If I want to see what the starting battery is doing, I switch to Battery #1 and stick a digital meter into the 12V outlet to read voltage.
On 3 December 2012 20:28, <[email protected]> wrote: > Yea, it's a good idea, but going with a dedicated starting battery isn't > in my immediate future. > > > > So, with those of us going old school with 1-all-2 battery switch, one > monitor could work to check voltage/amp on each battery by having the > current sensor down stream of the switch. Any downside to that? > > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"Frederick G Street" <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Monday, December 3, 2012 9:12:20 PM > *Subject: *Re: Stus-List xantrex link 20 > > > Colin's right (as usual… :^). Also, if you go that route, some of he > newer battery monitors will allow you measure just the voltage of the > starting battery (in addition to all the functions for the house bank), > which is all you really need for the start battery, as it rarely gets > discharged much. You don't really need to know how many amp-hours are in > it… and it's better to NOT have a shunt on the start battery in any case. > > > Fred Street -- Minneapolis > S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > > On Dec 3, 2012, at 8:23 PM, Colin Kilgour <[email protected]> > wrote: > > If you move to dedicated house and starting "banks" which I would > highly recommend, a Link that only measures one bank will do just fine > - because if you have no draw on your starting battery other than > starting, why bother monitoring? > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > > -- Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC
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