Ninelitetrip
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Well at least it has the VE. Direct port so can communicate with a Cerbo GX as an option.
good news from Victron Energy
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Well at least it has the VE. Direct port so can communicate with a Cerbo GX as an option.
Trail Talk
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Yeah but not backwards compatible with my BMV-712. There was lots of demand for VE.Smart networking when the Orion-TR Smart DC to DC chargers came out but so far they've resisted. The cynic in means fears its not for technical reasons...
Ninelitetrip
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Yeah seems more hub centric, CANBUS like. Do you have a Cerbo GX, BMV connects to the Cerbo via VE. Direct also.
llamalander
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Spending $284 for a Cerbo when the BMV 712 does everything needed except connect is a little tough to swallow.
Nailhead
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Thank you for that. I’ve been wondering what the point of these was.
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Pacific Northwest yetti
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Victron makes a great product. I have installed over 100, and my brothers shop (https://www.zerodeclination.com/) does many hundreds a year. If the system is designed properly, battery bank size matched to chargers, gauge of wire with the length of run and voltage drop factored in. Yes they can get hot, but should not overheat to the point they shut down. Or need cooling fans.
Multiple charge sources and redundancy are a good thing. Lets say you have a truck camper with a 200amp/hr lithium battery bank. And 300w of solar on the roof. ( 30amp mppt solar controller) On nice days the Solar does a great job just doing its thing.
On a cloudy, snowy or stormy day. The solar may not keep up. But you installed a 30amp DC/DC with 4awg run from the engine to the camper battery. If you killed that 200amp/hr battery bank to zero. And you drove for 6ish hours, or the truck was idling. You would completely recharge the battery bank.
On a nice day, you are driving the solar is putting in what it does, and the DC/DC is doing its thing. You could get 60/amps/hr. They will both work independently to charge the battery bank. If one fails, you have the other to fall back on.
Versus an all in one like Redarc manager 30. Where if one thing in it fails, the entire system goes down. And it will only max out at 30amps/hr even if you are driving and have solar.
Multiple charge sources and redundancy are a good thing. Lets say you have a truck camper with a 200amp/hr lithium battery bank. And 300w of solar on the roof. ( 30amp mppt solar controller) On nice days the Solar does a great job just doing its thing.
On a cloudy, snowy or stormy day. The solar may not keep up. But you installed a 30amp DC/DC with 4awg run from the engine to the camper battery. If you killed that 200amp/hr battery bank to zero. And you drove for 6ish hours, or the truck was idling. You would completely recharge the battery bank.
On a nice day, you are driving the solar is putting in what it does, and the DC/DC is doing its thing. You could get 60/amps/hr. They will both work independently to charge the battery bank. If one fails, you have the other to fall back on.
Versus an all in one like Redarc manager 30. Where if one thing in it fails, the entire system goes down. And it will only max out at 30amps/hr even if you are driving and have solar.
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