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Smartshunt Required?

Hello. I couldn't really find anything on whether a smartshunt is required if a smart blue charger is used to charge the battery for either lithium or lead acid.

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The "Smart"Blue battery charger allows you to configure the charger parameters for battery chemistry and see voltage/current going into the battery.

A SmartShunt or BMV is only required if you want to monitor/log energy drawn from the battery, state of charge, etc. Not required for basic operation of a charging system.

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