[C320-list] Voltage Sense wire discoveries Balmar MC-614

[danny jensen]

Troy,
Thanks for your reply. In the video, I used the voltmeter and on a 1 Amp
fuse and it made no difference as you suspected. The thing I couldn't get
through my thick head was ohms law. V=I * R where I = curent; V= voltage
drop ; R resistance ... As current approaches 0 as it does in our case,
because I am *now* aware enough to use a wire direct from the battery to
the voltage sense input on the Balmar MC-614 that that has almost no load,
.. *The Voltage Drop is near zero no matter what the resistance is if we
are just going to measure voltage on this special purpose circuit.

Danny

On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 2:00 AM Troy Dunn <troutwarrior at gmail.com> wrote:

> Nice video Danny!
>
>   I went with the 14 AWG size that Balmar recommends, but...probably
> overkill.   If you are using the MC series Regulator there will be a 1 amp
> fuse in that line...do you suppose that would have any effect on voltage
> drop?   If so, would the larger wire size help with that.  My thought is no
> and that any voltage drop induced by the fuse and fuse holder would not be
> helped or hurt by the size of the wire.
>
> Regards-
>
> Troy
> Hull #514
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 2:26 PM danny jensen <danny at jensenshouse.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Dear Group,
> > In reviewing my Balmar MC-614 wiring I discovered that I neglected to
> run a
> > proper voltage sense wire so I was getting inconsistent charging with
> > loads. After some thinking about this I decided to create a separate
> > voltage sense circuit for chargers and other devices that sense voltage.
> > The video below describes the situation just fast forward to the end to
> > skip the experiment section.
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhqVWS5wre0
> >
> > Danny
> > #972
> >
>