And I JUST realized ?how this question would be nearly pointless had I actually put a battery shunt on there beforehand. Wouldn't that be able to tell me the battery's condition before anything else is hooked up to it?
You guys have been great so far! I did pick up the double kill switch as Nate outlines in his video, and I plan on installing that and not a single hot wire kill switch (as soon as it gets here).
I actually went ahead and hooked everything up today (except the solar) but found no power getting...
Will this mt-50 screen that's included be able to replace any type of battery shunt? It's effectively the same thing? Oh shoot, I meant to ask that question before with "DC' not "Sc". But I suppose knowing that the solar charge controller does work in that way is a good confirmation as well...
Battery monitor, check! Breaker switch for the solar input, check. Bigger battery,. definitely a check. Voltmeter, makes sense! I'll see what those costs. Yeah right now I have no idea what is drawing what. Can I stick the voltmeter right onto the isolator to check it individually?
This may have been discussed before, and I'm sure I'll browse these forums soon, however, my time is limited to get this van set asail.
I am following this video from Will Prowse (oh that guy) and some things are a bit different with my own components, yet I believe I've got things close...