I have an existing older (2006) battery monitor from another manufacturer that has a 500A, 50 mV shunt. It is not very accessible and changing to the included BMC-712 shunt would not be easy. The Victron manual allows the installation of the Victron shunt's PCB on a generic shunt. My problem is the distance between the mounting screws is significantly different so the Victron PCB can't be mounted on the existing shunt. The existing monitor is wired to an easily accessed terminal strip and is then connected to the existing shunt.
Instead of mounting the Victron PCB to the existing shunt, can I mount it near the terminal strip and use four short runs of wire to connect the PCB to the terminal block?
I can purchase the latest monitor from the existing manufacturer, but I'd prefer to standardize on Victron equipment and not lose Bluetooth monitoring.
Thanks!