In some embodiments, the PCB 132 may be connected to a temperature transducer (not shown). The temperature transducer may enable the interface module 150 to monitor a temperature of the battery monitoring system 100. Thus arranged, if the temperature of a portion of the battery monitoring system 100 exceeds a predetermined threshold, the interface module 150 (FIG. 1) may prevent current from reaching the secondary load 185. As will be appreciated, by cutting current to the secondary load 185, the battery 170 may be maintained at cooler temperatures, thus extending the health or charge duration of the battery.

As noted, each of the fuse receptacles 402 may be configured to receive a fuse 137. As will be appreciated, the fuse(s) 137 can prevent potentially dangerous current or voltage levels from reaching the primary and/or secondary load 180, 185. In some embodiments, a forth trace on the PCB 132 may electrically connect the input terminal 130 of the current monitoring module 110 to the secondary load 185 through the fuse 137. As will be appreciated, the fuse 137 can be selected to cut the electrical connection between the input terminal 130 and the secondary load when a predetermined amount of current and/or voltage pass through the fuse.