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I checked the black wires going into a BSP bus bar, the single black coaming out. Each time with the device around the wire I used the zero function.
#BEP BATTERY MONITOR GENERATOR#
Sterling was then unplugged from the mains.Īll cables that I measured (all battery cables plus wind generator and everything else around the battery isolators) were 0.01A to 0.03A (which is the same as the back ground (I know that might not be the correct term). Sterling LED panel read 0.3A and the two red wires read the back ground figure of 0.01A but the single black wire read the 0.3A. The BEP was showing -1.0A, steady, battery banks 97% capacity, voltage 28.1V, Sterling charger unplugged from the mains.īefore I unplugged the Sterling Charger I checked the two red wires going to the starter and domestic banks and the single black wire coaming out the bottom of the charger. Everything except house battery and the 24V socket breaker (which also powers the BEP) was off. I will be up to the boat on Friday night through to Saturday so will check the actual problem then.Īt the end of a long day yesterday I did a basic check. There are phones, laptops, wifi routers, iPads, all around the house, is this what is causing a background field that is being picked up by the clamp on meter? Also the flex thing, I just want to be sure that it is only supposed to work on a single wire. Maybe I have a magnetic personality (Aye right, short, fat ging'er). If I use the zero function, the background amps go to zero and then rise again to 0.11A reading. Clamped around a single incomer feed to the house, where it enters the main fuse and on AC it showed 4.8A, on DC it just showed the background 0.18A and on Auto it detected the 4.8A.Ĥ. Is this because it is a twin core flex? Does the device only work on single cables?ģ. I clamped it around the Kettle flex and the Coffee Maker flex (240V mains) and it showed no change to the background amp when the appliances were on and when I disconnected the plug. This is without it clamped around anything, just sitting on the kitchen table or if I am holding it.
It shows about 0.18A on DC and 0.11A on AC, flickering +/- 0.02A. I have some queries which hopefully you can help: -ġ.
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I bought the clamp on meter (RS Pro ICMA1 ACDC Clamp Meter) as recommended and it arrived this morning. As far as I am aware, there were no changes to the charging circuits or power supplies from the batteries, just a new switch board in a new position, new LED cabin lighting and new wires run to clean up the old circuits.Īny information would be useful but in particular I am interested in what checks I could do to try and trace the fault.
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The boat was partially rewired by a professional last winter and at this time of year he is very busy and I have not managed to get him to have look. I also have 240V mains wiring, via a consumer unit with galvanic isolator installed. Before the rewire this was not the case and the 24/12 differentiation at circuit breakers did not exist, just at the 24/12 converter. when the domestic battery isolator is switched on the BEP does not power up until I switch on the 24V circuit breaker. The 24V circuit has two 24V sockets protected with a breaker and the BEP is wired through this breaker i.e.
#BEP BATTERY MONITOR MANUAL#
The Air-X is connected to a heat sink which is supposed to convert any excess voltage to heat, could this work backwards if it was damaged and draw current from the batteries if the components were faulty? It is an optional extra according to the Air-X manual (this could be a red herring). I also have an Air-X 400 wind powered generator fitted When it is windy with big gusts I used to see the BEP change from a current loss to a current gain, also the voltage increase in the gusts but now I do not see that.
The Sterling is connected to both battery banks. When the Sterling Charger is on, the voltage on the charger is 29.4V but at the BEP it is a bit less, around 28V. I have an older BEP 24/12 converter for the 12V consumers. The BEP is only connected to the Trojan bank.
#BEP BATTERY MONITOR SERIES#
The boat has 4 x Trojan T105s wired in series for 24V and a pair of lower cost 12V batteries wired in series for the starter motor. The cycle is quite quick, over a say 10 seconds but the period at -3A is longer about a few minutes. The 3A is not stable, occasionally it cycles down to -1.5A and then increases to -3A again. I have an older BEP battery monitor that shows a constant -3A draw from my batteries with all breakers switched off.
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