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OK, so that I get this right, I connect the Neutral AFTER the 50 amp breaker to a buss, and then send 1 6/3 wire, to the victron inverter charger ac in. From there it goes back to the panel, where the ground gets connected to the AC ground bus, the Neutral goes to its own inverter neutral bus, and the hot wire goes to the distribution bar on the bss 360 panel. For the non inverter load, the hot goes to the bss distribution bar on the non...

Sounds like it so, far but make sure all loads connected to the inverter side of the panel have there neutrals going to the inverter neutral buss bar only. So if you have the hot out of the inverter going to a group of say six breakers one the panel those 6 loads must also have there neutral on the inverter neutral buss. And the inverter neutral buss much be separate from the shore neutral buss. All grounds go to a main ground buss that is...

John- The graph I posted in Post #67 is correct for that I/C. Balmar uses a 200 mV difference to transition from bulk to absorption for a couple of reasons. My posting in #67 and in this post is to clarify that voltage is held constant during the absorption stage and current naturally decays off as the battery resistance increases with increasing state of charge. Other posters disputed that the absorption stage was a constant voltage stage,...

Quote: Originally Posted by Zednotzee ... To be honest, I'm not sold on "marine grade" wiring... I'll say right now that there is no electrical difference between copper strand marine wire & comparable automotive wire... FWIW: After over 40 years in the electrical construction & engineering industry, including 10 years as a full-time boatwright (and a lifetime of personal experience), I AM (sold on...

Bob, Many temp sensors use inexpensive thermistors. These little devices change their characteristic resistance with temperature. Resistance drops as temperature increases. You can then get a pretty good fix on the temperature by measuring the resistance across the thermistor. The Victron temp sensor is most likely this type. The single lug is just a convenient way to connect to the battery post, but the thermistor circuit is inside the lug....

Quote: but I will stick with the published standards and hope others do as well. okay wise guy lets look at the ABYC "standards", "E-10.7.10 A vent system or other means shall be provided to permit the discharge from the boat of hydrogen gas released by the battery. " "Other means" basically means anything goes so an unsealed lid is sufficient. thats way manufacturers do so. By the way I...

This is coming from a thread drift of the battery ventilation thread. I believe that some 3 stage chargers are 3 stage due more to wording than to fancy electronics. CharlieJ posted this 3 stage chargers graph in the vent thread: http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...2&d=1260805238 (Actually I believe that the current graph in the bulk stage is wrong. It should be a flat line at the max current heighth.) This graph indicates to me...

My panels were cheap and small. I looked, no diodes. For the start battery I think I can get away with an inline 5 or 10 amp fuse close to the battery, but I suspect I'll need something more serious near the house batteries.

Thank you for the help to understand the system it was a bad reg in the alternator. Knowing how the system works was key thanks again

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