Last seen: Oct 30, 2024
Hi John, I will take a closer look at your design and updated triggers/BMS configuration over the weekend, but I would like to comment on your plan ...
We have a 12V 5000W Quattro inverter/charger that is DC connected to our positive load bus and negative bus. We have no relay on the DC wires as we us...
Here is the wiring specification for the new 2P system. I'm updating quite a few things from the current installation to add fuses on the positive wir...
Quote from philtao on 26/09/2022, 12:12 pm 1 - For CANbus connectivity, do both monitors need to connect to the Cerbo? Or does only one BMS (the m...
Quote from Skokie on 23/09/2022, 5:35 pm Hello Foxy Kitty, thanks for sharing your updates. It’s great to compare and to learn from. For the LED S...
Quote from philtao on 17/09/2022, 6:48 pm I now have 500A shunts. The CAN interface is managed by the Monitor, so you need one Monitor for each ba...
I'm uploading our documentation for our current system in case they're helpful for others. Let me know if you think I should make one of those pretty ...
Update to our on-board charging from diesel engine(s): Removed the diesel generator (too much money to repair and still risk future dodgy behaviou...
Quote from Foxy Kitty on 17/09/2022, 12:40 pm @philtao I will check the cell connections again, hopefully that's all it is. Thanks. <edit 20 m...
3 month update: We increased the maximum charging voltage to 13.0V - this provides a SOC ~38%, which handles high AC loads (cooking) much better than ...
@philtao I will check the cell connections again, hopefully that's all it is. Thanks. <edit 20 minutes later> No problems with the connection...
Quote from philtao on 16/09/2022, 9:54 pm Why would you need two BMV712 to monitor battery voltage, current and SOC? Each BMS will do that for the ...
Quote from philtao on 09/09/2022, 7:22 pm Hi Tom, With two batteries (4S2P), to have redundancy, you need to double the contactors, current shunts...
Quote from Foxy Kitty on 24/06/2022, 5:24 pm We're thinking of expanding our battery for more capacity. At present, with electric galley and modest ...