Xantrex LinkLITE Misreading

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tristanperry

tristanperry

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Apr 16, 2012
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C&C 33 Sloop Mk1 Port Credit, Ontario
My newly installed Xantex LinkLITE battery monitor is always giving me a reading of -1.1A no matter what I have running. Can anyone give me any ideas of what might cause this?

Thanks!
 
Maine Sail

Maine Sail

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Feb 6, 1998
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Canadian Sailcraft 36T Casco Bay, ME
tristanperry said:
My newly installed Xantex LinkLITE battery monitor is always giving me a reading of -1.1A no matter what I have running. Can anyone give me any ideas of what might cause this?

Thanks!
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You may have a parasitic draw. Take a DVM put it on the 10A range and insert it between the pos battery post and the pos battery cable. If you still have the -1.1A you need to find it.DO NOT turn anything on with the DVM inserted between these points or you will likely blow the fuse in the DVM which can be a PITA to change

If the reading never changes from -1.1A then it is; A) Not installed properly B) You are looking at the Ah screen not the "current" screen..

Turning items on & off should change the reading from -1.1A..
 
Scott B

Scott B

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Sep 20, 2006
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Hunter 33 Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada
Hard to really say. What is your battery set up, how is it wired, what is the setting that is giving you the reading etc.

I have a LinlLite with 2 house and 1 Aux. battery and has worked well for several years.
 
Stu Jackson

Stu Jackson

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Feb 26, 2004
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Catalina 34 224 Maple Bay, BC, Canada
Check the manual, functions, backlighting. The specs indicate minimum draws when the unit is on with backlighting.

You may also be interested in this:

For everyone installing a battery monitor: The "Gotcha Algorithm" thread, a "MUST READ"

http://c34.org/bbs/index.php/topic,4922.0.html

DEFAULTS are factory settings that are made to be modified to suit your setup.
 
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