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Old 03-06-2010, 06:36 PM   #5
clarkandsheila
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M.O.C. #7994
Looks good but a couple of points; replace the S.S. bolts with silicon bronze or brass including the nuts and washers. Both are 70-80% copper. S.S. compared to these two metals is a poor conductor. If you are pulling only light loads and have the large bank for long use there may not be a problem. If you are running a large inverter through these bolts you may have a good size volt drop which will = heat and power loss. One way to check it is to run your loads and clip a voltmeter to the cable lugs on each side of the bolt. You should see only a few millivolts on the meter. Much more and you are losing power heating up the bolts. The inverter will also see slightly lower input voltage and they can be sensitive to that.

The other is to run one of the output conductors, either neg. or pos. to the other end of the bank. This will help even out the draw and the recharge between the batteries.

Just a suggestion.

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