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I installed SG/SB in 2007 and have been happy with it's performance during the past 5,000+ hours of cruising. I was having a reread of the manual today and this reminded me of something that I find decidedly odd. I have downloaded Gibbo's diagram from the new site and checked that it is the same as the one that I have printed out from the old site. To the left of the green and black box at the bottom are the words "Charge sources and alternators may connect to either battery bank." This statement mystifies me and the manual is very carefully written and full of good info so I suspect that I am not understanding something. SmartBank is a split charge relay system with some important bells and whistles attached. One of the bells is that it is designed to ensure that the engine battery is fully charged before energising the relay to parallel the domestics (called "Main auxilliary bank" in the diagram). This will required the charging source (alternator, battery charger or solar panels) to be connected to engine battery. That is somewhere along the thick purple wire that I have marked 'B' in the diagram. If you connect to thick purple wire marked 'A' then until the relay connects the engine battery gets nothing and at best the domestics get priority. So is the statement "Charge sources and alternators may connect to either battery bank." wrong or am I not understanding something. Nick SmartGauge-SmartBank query.pdf
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Hi All I am in the process of fitting a smartbank and after running all the wires and crimping terminals I have come to connecting every thing up. All was going well until I got to the relay, it has 4 terminals but only 2 wires (signal wires)connect to it, I have used white (battery) and black( domestic bank) coloured wires and connected them to the smartbank as per the wiring diagram, but am stumped as to which terminals to use on the relay. The diagram shows 2 terminals but I can not relate these to the actual relay. On close inspection 2 of the terminals on the relay are linked together, I am assuming these are not to be used, does the smartbank work out it's self which wire (white/black) to charge which battery. Any help,(photo's)would be greatly received. Dave
