The shunts MUST BE in the NEGATIVE lead(s)! Joe Della Barba
From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 11:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Stus-List xantrex link 20 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]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: [email protected]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[email protected]>
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