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what we find is people try to be

creative they try to find corners to cut

short cuts how do I make this

installation shorter right and you see

in the manual and the manuals never

really tell you why you need to do

something they just tell you what you

need to do and so unfortunately people

assume that because the whys not told

they're going to get creative and so a

lot of people will put a battery monitor

and they'll take the voltage right at

the panel thinking oh well there's

voltage there why was what I go all the

way to the battery but then what happens

is if you ever lose the switch gets

turned off not the battery monitor comes

off it's not powered anymore because the

source of power is probably coming from

the panel too so now all your settings

are long or what happens if the fuse

feeding the panel actually blows now you

go to the battery model it's time to

diagnostic you're going to go my

batteries are dead some of the batteries

are dead it's that the voltage sent at

the panel is dead so if you actually

sense voltage at the battery you know

what's happening at the battery what

happens downstream of the battery is

separate and it allows for better

troubleshooting so what I always tell

people anybody is going to tackle a

battery monitor or anything else is

follow the instructions to the letter

never think you're smarter than the

desgtiners who told you what to do unless

you're an absolute expert and you

understand all the implications of your

decision so voltage sends and power

should be add the battery fuse but

directly at the battery

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