Lee Haefele wrote:
> The question is, does ANYTHING connect to the battery terminal other than 
> the shunt?   Does the second bank's negative possibly go to the first bank?
> This can get more interesting.  If it IS wired wrong, then the Link 
> calculates a wrong Charge Efficiency Factor (CEF) causing even more errors.
> Check that NOTHING goes to the negative term on the batteries, everything 
> must go to the other side of the shunt, this includes engine, inverter, 
> charger.  Check to be sure that the shunts each have a good ground wire to a 
> main buss.  These  can only be from the non battery side of the shunt.
> If you don't find anything there, scroll through the menu, using your 
> owner's manual, the CEF should be around 90%.  100% or less than ~80% 
> indicates a wiring problem still.
> Lee Haefele

Hi, Lee,
The ground block that includes both shunts looks like a "U" shape, where 
the bottom of the U is the common ground where all loads are connected.  
Each top of the "U" is connected to the respective battery.  The only 
thing connected to this side of the shunt are small wires leading to the 
Link 2000 presumably used to measure the voltage across the shunts.  The 
vertical legs of the "U" are the current shunts.  So as far as the 
suggestion "that the shunts each have a good ground wire to a main 
buss", It's all self contained on the ground block.

CEF is 100 and 73.  That's a bit strange.   I'll have to investigate that.

Thanks,
Jim.


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