WhisperGen PPS16 Installation and Commissioning Manual Rev: 080801
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7.
Setting up the battery and control
system
Warning:
The WhisperGen electrical wiring shall comply with your local Electrical Code of Practice for
extra low voltage installations.
Warning:
For marine installations,
The Recreational Craft Directive 94/25/EC
shall apply to the
installation. It has specific requirements for electrical connections and battery installation.
Warning:
All positive connections from power sources and loads, except the battery, shall be made to the
battery side of the WhisperGen circuit breaker.
Warning:
All negative connections from power sources and loads, except the battery, shall be made to the
non-battery side of the current shunt.
Figure 5: Setting up the battery
note 1:
The conductor shall have a cross-sectional area of 1mm², or if it is in
a multi-conductor sheath a cross-sectional area of .75mm².
Battery
+
Current shunt
To WhisperGen
Battery –
Terminal, using
35mm² wire.
To loads and other
chargers
To WhisperGen
Current
(sense)
+
Terminal 7
(see note 1 below)
To WhisperGen
Current
(sense)
–
Terminal 8
(see note 1 below)
To WhisperGen
Voltage
(sense
) +
Terminal 9
(see note 1 below)
To loads and
other chargers
Inline
Fuse
2 Amp
Circuit breaker
Blue Seas 7103
(125A)
recommended,
(or 200A fuse and
isolating switch).
To WhisperGen
Battery
+
Terminal, using
35mm
²
wire
To WhisperGen
Voltage
(sense) -
Terminal 10
(see note 1 below)
+ve
+ve
+ve
+ve
◉
----ve
ve
ve
ve
◉
