old cruising amp hour meteres [RE-wrenches]

[Doug Pratt]

"Todd Cory, Bald Mtn. Solar" wrote:

> <snip> am wondering if anyone knows what the maximum
> current the shunt can handle? With 45 amps at 27 volts it is getting
> kind of warm.

Todd, my venerable old '92 Sourcebook, in the copy for the Cruising
Equipment AmpHour meter sez, "All units come with 500-amp shunt..." There
was an 800-amp option, but nothing smaller. Shunts are usually stamped on
the side for amps capacity at such and such millivolt drop.

-Doug Pratt

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