Thanks Bob,
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Originally Posted by uncle_bob
Provided that the black wire is the *only* wire to the battery(s) negative side once it's all done, that will work.
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Other than the negative lead to the solar panel jack, the only other negative wire attached to the batteries is a 6Ga white wire that comes into this area and terminates on the left hand buss bar. There is nothing else attached to that buss bar so I assume it is there for use with a roof mount solar system which I do not have.
There is one exception. There is a 4Ga wire going from the batteries to the inverter. I seriously doubt we will ever use the inverter so can I ignore that one or does the inverter draw current even when not being used?
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Originally Posted by uncle_bob
As has been noted in other threads (but I often forget to mention) the shunt is not weather proof. It needs to "stay indoors".
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The photo I posted is where I intend to mount the buss bar. It is under the street side dinette seat near the water pump.
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Originally Posted by uncle_bob
Final gotcha seems to be matching up the programming on the monitor to the shunt you have. There are at least two shunts and no real guarantee that the monitor comes pre-setup for the one you are using.
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I'm using the shunt that came with the BMV-700 as supplied by Victron so assuming/hoping it is the correct one.