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Old 03-10-2012, 15:41   #1
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Link 10 problems

Hello all,

Today I changed my house bank from Golf cart to AGM. But the link 10 - which only involves moving the red and blue wire from one bank to the other - has developed a strange behaviour. Voltage is correct, shows 100% full, but amps show a charge of about 275 amps with the engine off and no shore power.. And of course the amp hours show the results of this. Tried re-setting - no change.

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Re: Link 10 problems

I'm not sure why you had to move the sense wires but did you also move the shunt?
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When I changed from lead acid to AGM, I did not have to change any wires. All I had to do was reprogram such things as the float level, size of the bank, et cetera.
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I simply changed the two wires from old battery bank to new.
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Re: Link 10 problems

Did you change the pos. and negative main battery cables as well? What I'm getting at is did you change the shunt to the new battery bank?
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Did you change the pos. and negative main battery cables as well? What I'm getting at is did you change the shunt to the new battery bank?
All I did was

1.. unhook cables and wires from old bank

2.. remove old bank

3.. install new bank

4.. re-attach cables and wires.

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Re: Link 10 problems

Update:
Swapped the green and orange on the shunt - which set amps to 0.0. Then put them back. Seems to work fine now except there is a 1.6-1.7 amp current when all is shut off. I have no ides what it is. Was never there before.

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Update:
Swapped the green and orange on the shunt - which set amps to 0.0. Then put them back. Seems to work fine now except there is a 1.6-1.7 amp current when all is shut off. I have no ides what it is. Was never there before.

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What was your current draw prior to AGMs?
With everything off my AGMs(420AH bank) are draining about 0.1-0.2A on link 10 display. Link 10 display makes it 0.2A.
Trace the "Always on" bus that would normally supply bilge pump(s), ignition harness, fridge, etc. You should not be having an un-accounted 1.6amps, that is a lot.
You can always measure voltage drop across the shunt. Divide it by shunt resistance to get current draw.
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Update:
Swapped the green and orange on the shunt - which set amps to 0.0. Then put them back. Seems to work fine now except there is a 1.6-1.7 amp current when all is shut off. I have no ides what it is. Was never there before.

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Odd.

But you could have bad diode in an alternator?

Did you change all the parameters in the Link for AGMs?

I had a heck of a time doing mine when I had it because it is supposed to give you about 5 seconds to make a change before quitting and returning to normal display. Mine timed out at just under 2 seconds.

You have to give it the proper Puekert number too or it does not know what to do.

Even then...............

Here is some interesting reading on Link
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...tor-83034.html
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Re: Link 10 problems

Update 2:

The 1.6 amp was positive, not negative, so looks like a charging source. But when the engine is running the alternator the charge is positive, as one would expect. I didn't change the Peukert Coefficient - it is at default 1.25. A bit of googling shows that maybe a value of 1.1 may be better.

Would this explain the 1.6 amp imaginary charging source?

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The 1.6 amp was positive, not negative, so looks like a charging source. But when the engine is running the alternator the charge is positive, as one would expect. I didn't change the Peukert Coefficient - it is at default 1.25. A bit of googling shows that maybe a value of 1.1 may be better.

Would this explain the 1.6 amp imaginary charging source?

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The number comes from the battery manufacturer. Can usually be found online.

I thought the 1.6 amp was dis-charging.

If it is charging, do you have solar?

Not sure at all but 1.6 could be a normal float current. Seems high though.
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