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Well I find that rather odd since I live near by and was at BattkeBorn when they handed me my victron charge controller and they’d advance pre-programmed it for exactly what the Victron user manual called for, and mine works perfectly - it must depend on which day of the week you speak to the BB fella’s - I donno?…
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Here it is...
=https://battlebornbatteries.com/program........g-a-victron-smartsolar-charge-controller
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campermama wrote:3 tons wrote:
Well I find that rather odd since I live near by and was at BattkeBorn when they handed me my victron charge controller and they’d advance pre-programmed it for exactly what the Victron user manual called for, and mine works perfectly - it must depend on which day of the week you speak to the BB fella’s - I donno?…
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Here it is...
=https://battlebornbatteries.com/program........g-a-victron-smartsolar-charge-controller
Trust that whatever they suggest in writing (?? - link doesn’t work) is entirely superfluous to me, as I don’t lend it any more credibility than that which Victron recommends, and as I stated (consider re-reading?…), BB had opened the box and pre-programmed the charge controller for the LiFePo4 algorithm - per Victron’s manual and handed it to me…This was a physical ‘in store’ transaction, and I’ve had a grand total of ZERO issues, so do whatever you like, but it’ll never work properly until you realize that Victron knows their product and they state that the rotary selector needs to be on #7…
BTW, there’s nothing special about BB’s or anyone else’s lithium LFP chemistry (Lithium is what it is, period…), the primary difference is in cell grade quality, cell type ( pouch, prismatic, or cylindrical…), warranty (you get what your willing to pay $$ for…), and assemblage technique, while BMS’s all do about the same thing (i.e. catastrophe avoidance)…Trust, that there’s no ‘magic secret sauce’ involved…
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https://battlebornbatteries.com/programm........g-a-victron-smartsolar-charge-controller
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Go to section 5.1 and 5.1.2 (see table #7), then follow what Victron advises…To stray away towards some errant ‘alternate stratagem’ is the root of your charging problem, but then again, trust that I respect everyone’s own innate ‘free agency’…
https://www.victronenergy.com/media/pg/Manual_SmartSolar_MPPT_100-30__100-50/en/configuration-and-settings.html
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https://www.victronenergy.com/media/pg/M........00-50/en/configuration-and-settings.html
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Trust that whatever they suggest in writing (?? - link doesn’t work) is entirely superfluous to me, as I don’t lend it any more credibility than that which Victron recommends, and as I stated (consider re-reading?…), BB had opened the box and pre-programmed the charge controller for the LiFePo4 algorithm - per Victron’s manual and handed it to me…This was a physical ‘in store’ transaction, and I’ve had a grand total of ZERO issues, so do whatever you like, but it’ll never work properly until you realize that Victron knows their product and they state that the rotary selector needs to be on #7…
BTW, there’s nothing special about BB’s or anyone else’s lithium LFP chemistry (Lithium is what it is, period…), the primary difference is in cell grade quality, cell type ( pouch, prismatic, or cylindrical…), warranty (you get what your willing to pay $$ for…), and assemblage technique, while BMS’s all do about the same thing (i.e. catastrophe avoidance)…Trust, that there’s no ‘magic secret sauce’ involved…
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Wow! Everybody has their own opinion! And apparently your is the right one (so you believe). I am in contact with both Victron and BB so we'll see what they say.
Meanwhile...I was just basically looking for maybe ideas what could be the problem, I'm not an expert at this but I do feel I have a good understanding of this stuff, pretty good for being female and fixing all my own stuff.
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Make sure you get a clampon meter that measures both DC amps and DC volts. Amazon has one for $30. Many are for home use and don't measure DC amps.
Verify your various meter readings and if you truly have 0.9V difference between the MPPT output and the battery at 4.5A then there is as they say "There is Trouble in River City". Saying this and hoping that the wiring is not compromised or some factor... Not suggesting otherwise and there could be an equipment issue...
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Yep I believe I’m right, yet you dismiss how BB had pre-programmed my Victron, though I hadn’t requested it (great customer service!!)…I only took my limited time to write to help lead you outta an apparent chosen state of purgatory… My solution is Victron’s solution and is your EASY solution…
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3 tons wrote:Yep I believe I’m right, yet you dismiss how BB had pre-programmed my Victron, though I hadn’t requested it (great customer service!!)…I only took my limited time to write to help lead you outta an apparent chosen state of purgatory… My solution is Victron’s solution and is your EASY solution…
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Well you were wrong and it is now all fixed!
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BTW, I just now took a moment to slog thru the BB link, and one should be advised that this link covers ONLY the bluetooth software programming, NOT hardware settings, thereby (BB) totally negating Victron’s black & white ‘explicit instruction’ to set the rotary switch to #7…In this regard, chemistry is chemistry, BB’s are not special…To avert such understandable confusion, BB would do better to have pointed this software vs hardware distinction out, so therein lies the sum total of your difficulties…
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