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How to measure amp hours on my boat

I’ve read I need to go through my boat and 1 by 1 turn on all my stuff and measure it’s amp hours of each.


For example , fridge, toilet, anchor light, cockpit lights etc.


But I do I do this ? . Do I just have the fridge runnning and put the multi metre on the battery ? I read I might need to buy a multi metre with an amp clamp. But if I do what do I camp it onto ?

I plan to test the Amp hour of the fridge , then anchorage light, cabin lights, cockpit lights etc . 1 by 1


I’d like to do all these checks before I buy any of the Victron stuff to ensure I get all the right products

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Hi @businessjett, first thing you will need is a shunt. A multimeter on its own would be very limited. Unless you have a very large boat with large inverters the entry level 500 amp shunt will be appropriate. You can then go for either a standalone smart shunt with Bluetooth, BMV 712 which includes a shunt, or the Smart Shunt plus Cerbo GX. Each option will deal with the same amount of current - the difference is the connectivity options (VictronConnect via Bluetooth, the nice round screen on the 712, or the Rolls Royce Cerbo with touch screen and internet connectivity with VRM) and the budget. Either way the shunt gets wired in directly to the negative terminal in series with the boat load.

Sarah.

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Thanks sarah . Yes it’s just 27ft. I will get the shunt and install it . Will that then tell me the amp hours ?
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