I am at the point where I choose between Shunts vs Hall Effect donuts for getting a read on current moving along the alternator 'highway'.
Here's what I have absorbed, to date:
Shunts
proven, old school (that's not a bad thing to me....necessarily)
require 4 connectors at the source
require real estate on the firewall
Hall Effects
are relatively new school
require no connectors at source
use almost no real estate except where they surround a wire
So, Hall Effects doodads seem to be the obvious choice AND this is where I usually find out the error of my reasoning.
Here's what I have absorbed, to date:
Shunts
proven, old school (that's not a bad thing to me....necessarily)
require 4 connectors at the source
require real estate on the firewall
Hall Effects
are relatively new school
require no connectors at source
use almost no real estate except where they surround a wire
So, Hall Effects doodads seem to be the obvious choice AND this is where I usually find out the error of my reasoning.