Help with installing a 600amp meter without a shunt??
@collectors-NQcYmD
•
Oct 26, 2024
Oct 26, 2024
1.4K
Hi, hope you can help.
We have a bank of 8x150 amp 12V dc battery’s connected to an inverter. We would like to put in place an amp meter that will read up to 600amp dc battery side.
To do this, we realize a shunt would have to be fitted & an amp meter taken from this for the display.
I would prefer not to use a shunt as it’s just another joint in an area of heavy electrical loads.
I have seen that a shunt could be done away with & a coil/transformer that is like a round donought put in place of the shunt.
The problem is that they seem to take readings from (lets say) 100-600amp & not from 0-600amp. Is there a way around this to enable readings from 0-600amp using this coil type of sensor?
Many thanks.
Chris.
We have a bank of 8x150 amp 12V dc battery’s connected to an inverter. We would like to put in place an amp meter that will read up to 600amp dc battery side.
To do this, we realize a shunt would have to be fitted & an amp meter taken from this for the display.
I would prefer not to use a shunt as it’s just another joint in an area of heavy electrical loads.
I have seen that a shunt could be done away with & a coil/transformer that is like a round donought put in place of the shunt.
The problem is that they seem to take readings from (lets say) 100-600amp & not from 0-600amp. Is there a way around this to enable readings from 0-600amp using this coil type of sensor?
Many thanks.
Chris.