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They're tightened with a socket extension + socket in the hand (significantly more than finger tight directly on the nut), not using a wrench. I didn't want to damage the battery internally by going too wild - and I've been removing them somewhat regularly in this process. I'll snug them down...

Well.. I feel kind of bad. Either I have too much crap on my battery terminals (specifically the + and - of the overall pack) or I had a cancerous balance harness in the system. Summary: I have two sets of balance leads. One goes to the charger, the other to the equalizer. That means two...

So if one cell is appearing to get hammered and reading 200mv below highest cell, don't worry because it's only under load? And more than 2x the normal load I'd be experiencing on average, dead of night (fridge brief turn on at ~60*F temps) They certainly flattened out during the low end with...

Idunno, 10a more and complete control and monitoring, plus $150 less? And in the $hi7, a redundancy should one fail - even if it results in a lower rate of charge? I do wonder about Victron increasing their charge rates for the units. I don't know how long the SmartCharger line has been out...

Very true. All of it. I just need to figure out how to do a meaningful 1S discharge on the iCharger. I see discharge kits available on eBay up to 30some amps. Time consuming, a little more money, but would provide the smoking gun. Working around it isn't difficult at all with 4x my daily...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YG2BZM0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 this might be the easy way out for what you mention. offered up to 30 amps and connects to your existing MC4 at the cost of three starbucks and an extra 4" in the wire run. I just received mine @...

Ahh sorry I don't fully understand that unit and its title for what it does, glanced right over it. But good catch on all load to appropriate side of shunt. I've somehow made that mistake more than a few times.

If you want to control LVD get a single batteryprotect rated for whatever your max load is. Or two batteryprotects if wanting to control both low and high end, the high switching off your charge input (and rated for whatever your max charge source is) BMS may disconnect at 3.75v on high end...

Yeah man, batteryprotects would be gucci burberry in an exposed SEMA van. Not even kidding. Some nice cable with plastic split loom jacketing would only add to the look- and functionality. It all makes perfect sense to me. I've been in the weeds since my first mobile solar setup in 2014...

Yeah... think something is fucky with cell 3. All cells balanced to 1mv earlier - the iCharger unit arrived (X6) and it is ************. First thing to note, with the equalizer connected the balancing of the hobby charger (also connected to its own balance leads) terminates prematurely. It holds...

Is it though? If you have solar established (most of us) and didn't grossly undersize (a whole lot of us don't - for long - because of this forum and solar prices), 360w of charge on an hour long trip roaming or going to the grocery store in a bumfuck town isn't anything to dismiss. Wire them...

Sorry, but was this already posted? https://www.invertersupply.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=185547&gclid=Cj0KCQjwoKzsBRC5ARIsAITcwXFoA-BsL0z699wr_Klo5-gglMWzGbE1DW3R8gCysYMSKJ-Gzk6LIhIaAjZxEALw_wcB (er not this one, the smart one that hasn't hit markets yet) They mentioned...

didn't see this posted yet and was uploaded in last 5 days

Yeah, speaking of the equalizer. It still appears that it's alternating the high cell it's transferring energy from every second, to supply the low cell. And this makes sense, 3 cells at identical voltage - take a little from the highest of the three and it quickly becomes the lowest of the...

Well, it was a nice thought. Without the balance leads connected and charge set to 3.6Vpc on a manually set 4S pack (since it can't calculate that without balance leads of course), the charger instantly throttled because overall voltage reading was getting to where it needed to be. Highest...

I hope that too, and maybe there's actual hope since the first full charge had two cells doing this, and now only one is. Can do, will do. I still have no way of measuring this, but I am skeptical as to whether the deligreen balancer can keep up. Even though one cell is at 3.45v now (0.9a...

Second charge up is nearing completion. Victron BMV shows that the pack has been recharged (from 151ah consumed to 0). Things did perform differently this time - I woke up to find three of the cells at 3.6v and current on smart hobby charger a miniscule 1a. One cell is at 3.35v. On the last...

Not doubting you, just wondering why people have gone to extra lengths if this were the ultimate solution? Spose it still doesn't address the possible results of the charge controller having PV input and no battery connected. Worth mentioning though that this would just be using an existing...

Of course I screwed up my timing because 1) I decided to increase draw a few times as I found abandoned fans in my house, and 2) Had some downtime as I lopped off the ciggy plug on my inverter in favor of a more robust connection (XT60) so I could feel comfortable loading the 300w inverter down...

I don't know what the rules are for all charge controllers, but the Victron SmartSolar line says to not disconnect the battery before the PV is disconnected. Someone else on here was talking about voltage spike killing some of his accessories when BMS shut things down. So the cheap solution...