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Orion current draw

Hi everyone. Current have a 12-12-30 isolated orion in my camper trailer. I am having the cable upgraded to suit a length of approx 10m from 4wd start battery to camper.

At moment if I turn off engine shutdown detection, input is only 9.8v ( due to cable size ) but it is drawing 56amps.

If I am using the correct size cable, wirh engine shutdown detection enabled, and in bulk mode will the orion always draw 50plus amps, or is it up this high due to the inadequate cable size.


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kevgermany answered ·

Probably the cable size. The ratio between the currents and voltages is about the same, especially if you chuck in a factor for efficiency on such a big voltage conversion.

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