[Elecraft] KX3 vehicle mount

[Jim Brown]

Thanks Josh.

To confuse the sensor, it seems to me that the sensor would need to be 
built into the battery lug, so that it was between where we could 
connect our 12V minus lead and the battery -- i.e., so that our current 
was going through it.  I was assuming it was on the wire side of the 
battery lug. I haven't seen one of these things, so I must plead ignorance.

Thanks and 73, Jim

On Mon,9/12/2016 5:01 PM, Josh Fiden wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> It's not just hybrid & electric vehicles. Some newer conventional cars 
> shut the engine off during idle to save fuel. There's a sensor inline 
> with the battery neg terminal to measure charge & discharge rates to 
> prevent the start-stop algorithm from causing a dead battery. If you 
> connect direct to the battery, you will confuse the sensor.