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If i put a shunt in my negative side, how do I determine what size? Was ordering some idems last night and found several different sizes.
Figure the loads you expect to have at any given point in time. Go worse case scenario here. All inverter loads, plus all the DC loads possible at the same time. Pick the next largest shunt. If close to the next largest, go 2 sizes bigger. Make sure the meter is capable of dealing with the shunt size you're buying, if they're not a matched set.
If you are going with the 4448 and a Magnum monitor, get the Magnum BMK shunt kit, allows you to read everything on your monitor, and you do not have to buy any other meters.
Thank you.
It depends on your ammeter/battery monitor. Also the amperage you expect. With my Victron the choice was 50, 100, or 500 amperes. I went with the 500 and programed that into the Victron Meter.
What you calling an ammeter? Lost you there
Something like this....Battery Monitor
I believe your have decided to go with the Magnum product line. This is just an example of a battery monitor. Your Magnum battery monitor should be equipped with the correct shunt size.
Edited yesterday at 02:39 AM by DesertMiner
Any meter that indicates amperes. They measure the voltage drop across the shunt and the scale is shown as amperes. Could be a common dash meter showing charge discharge or a complicated battery monitoring device such as Victron. The small meters have the shunt inside the case. Battery Monitors measure higher amps and have a external shunt. Shunt is a resistor placed on the negative battery cable. https://marinehowto.com/installing-a-battery-monitor/
ok, my monitor, ME-ARTR. Understand. Never heard it called that before.
Edited yesterday at 08:03 AM by GlennWest
The BMK shunt will plug into your inverter and display amps among other things on ME-ARTR
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