Installation; What Is In The Box; Mounting; Basic Electrical Connections - Victron energy SmartShunt 500 A Manual

3 INSTALLATION

3.1 What is in the box?

In the box you will find the following parts:
• SmartShunt 500A, 1000A or 2000A.
• Two red cables, both with fuse.

3.2 Mounting

The SmartShunt has two 5.5 mm holes for mounting purposes located in
the base of the SmartShunt. The holes can be used to screw or bolt the
SmartShunt onto a hard surface (screws are not included).
The SmartShunt is rated IP21. This means that the SmartShunt is not
waterproof and has to be mounted in a dry location.

3.3 Basic electrical connections

The SmartShunt has 3 essential connections and one optional connection.
This chapter describes how to connect these.

Battery minus connection

3.3.1
Connect the negative of the battery to the M10 bolt on the "BATTERY MINUS" side of the SmartShunt.
Note that there should be no other connections on the "BATTERY MINUS" connection of the SmartShunt. And
similarly, there should be no other connections on the battery negative. Any loads or chargers here will not be
included in the battery state of charge calculation.
3.3.2

System minus connection

Connect the negative of the electrical system to the M10 bolt on the "SYSTEM MINUS" side of SmartShunt.
Make sure that the negative of all DC loads, inverters, battery chargers, solar chargers and other charge sources
are connected "after" the SmartShunt: on the SYSTEM MINUS (*) connections.
(*) Up until 2020, the SYSTEM MINUS connection was labelled LOAD MINUS.
3.3.3

Vbatt+ connection

Connect the M8 terminal of the red cable with fuse to the positive terminal of the battery
Connect the ferrule pin of the red cable with fuse to the SmartShunt by pushing the pin into to the "Vbatt+"
terminal.
As soon as the fuse is placed in the cable, the SmartShunt
Bluetooth will start blinking. The SmartShunt is now active.
The next step is to set up with the VictronConnect App. This
is explained in chapter 4: "Commissioning".
In case the Aux port is going to be used for monitoring a
second battery, midpoint or temperature, see one of the next
3 paragraphs on how to do this and then go to chapter 4:
"Commissioning".
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mounting holes
Loads
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Chargers