Perfect, quick tutorial. Great! Those Smart shunts are probably the most important product of every battery bank and work flawlessly. For a victron product, they are relatively cheap aswell. Together with their chargers, which are not cheap but highly configurable you own equipment that is versatile and good for decades. Thx for the video!

Thanks for answering my question in an indirect way. I disconnected my battery from the smart shunt to remove an unused monitor wire. My battery is at 42% SOC and has been since I parked my boat for the Winter. Every time I checked it, it was consistently at 42%. When I reconnected it shows it is 100% SOC. I understand from your video that it will reset after I fully charge it. Thanks for the info!

Thank you sooo much!! just what i was looking for! Been looking for an hour watched like 10 videos none as clear and on point like yours!! You are the man!!!👍👍

Your video is amazing!! Very good quality. Lot of information. Thank you so mutch !

Thank you. Victron’s guide was a waste of time but I got through everything using your video.

Thank you for a simple and easy to follow video!

Great video,really helped a lot.Thank you.

Another great tutorial. I purchased all the gear for my little set-up (One 206, charger, and Shunt) from you. After watching this video, I hooked everything back up (Battery was disconnected and stored indoors for the winter) and started to match the settings on my phone, then realized you must have already done that for me before mailing the shunt. Thanks

Yes, so helpful! I will be hooking mine up tomorrow. Yeah !! Thanks Again!!!

thanks great tutorial helped me a lot

Great had no clue how to use thanks.

Thanks for the video it was helpful … so I’m assuming all my negative terminals now go to the left hand terminal on the smart shunt

Very good explanation and basis to ask the right questions to your battery vendor. Whereas the standard Victron doc is a little bit terse..

best video on the internet!!!!! im assuming the process stays same for batts wired in parallel?

Hello! A very good tutorial! Thank you! Do you have any idea how to set a maximum load limit? For example 90% or 95%, to protect the battery?

You went over making-using insulated tools when working on batteries as you should in any high amp circuits, but it looked like you were wearing a metal ring. I made the mistake of wearing a gold wedding band to work. I arced the band between the cable and battery post. Gold if an excellent conductor of electricity and gets real hot, real fast around a tender part of a finger, plus it did major damage to the ring.

Just put one of these on my 5th wheel a week ago. Great tool to let you know what's happening with the battery. My only complaint thus far is I can't get more than 10 feet from the front storage and the app loses its connection with the shunt. The only place inside I can connect is in the front bedroom, as soon as I walk down the steps to the kitchen, the app loses its connection with the shunt.

Perfect! Thanks dude🫶

Good video, thank you that really helped me. Can I ask if it's Ok to run my campervan alternator smart charger + solar charger through the smart shunt? Or do I need 2?

So how would you set this up for a Lithium ion pack that is a 4s.. so 16.8 fully charged..?

Thank you !!

Thanks for the video! I’m using my 12v 54amp hr lithium battery for a trolling motor. I’ve installed the shunt and followed the steps on your video but the battery percentage never seems to drop. It just stays at the percentage I set as the state of charge. Any suggestions here? Thank you so much. Would love to get this fixed.

EXCELLENT MATE....

How can you add a second auxiliary battery to the shunt?

Very good video, but those settings are for any bank of lifepo4 batteries?

Does the victron smart shunt use both SOC and Tail current data inputs for better accuracy? If clouds go over head for a moment on solar panels, seems this could throw off Absorption time detection, and trigger another cycle inadvertently.

I have 2 12 volts in series and added a battery equalizer (watts2470 directly to the batteries..will this still allow the Smart Shunt to work properly?

What do I need to change with two Lithium batteries for set up?

If I have two 6V batteries hooked in series, is the installation the same (on one side only, like on your video, or is it a different installation?)

I have two 7Ah 12v Sealed Lead Acid battery connected in series in my Cyberpower battery backup which the two batteries no longer hold a usable charge. Can I switch out the Sealed Lead Acid batteries for these Lithium batteries or do they have a different charging cycle mechanism which makes them not interchangeable? Thanks!

SOLID!

Hi lm setting 2 48 volts lithium battery what is the set up for those Thankyou

Is SOk 12v 200a battery the same setting other than change from 100a to 200a. What about 24v SOK battery too same?

Ok so it needs to be the only thing connected on the negating post. So when I have batteries connected in parallel can it be attached to any of the negative posts or preferably the last one?

What was the other wire? A temperature probe? Is there a way to measure and set a low temp alarm?

What is the aux port for? I have 2 x 150Ah lithium batteries wired into one big bank, do I need to connect my second battery up or is it for something else?

is there a video on the victron battery monitor ?

Question, On the "Charged Voltage". The booklet I got with my battery. States 13.5 volts is 100% soc. Also it states Charge at 14.4 - 14.6 volts. So do I fill in "Charged Voltage" with 13.5 volts or 14.4 volts.? Thank you for your time and videos. Yes I have the Victron BMV-712. The battery is a LifePo 190ah 12 volt

I’m using the smart shunt for my RV. I have one LiFePO4 battery and a GoPower 190W solar panel on the roof paired with the GoPower controller. The issue is that as soon as the sun comes out in the morning the shunt thinks the battery is fully charged. What should I do?

Where would the shunt go if you have to SOK lithium batteries next to each other on a fifth wheel?

What should my charged voltage be if I have a 206ah sok battery

thanks for this video.i have AGM battery for my boat electronics, is setup pretty much the same.?also you didnt mention the load positive side ,do they all go on just the positive of battery? thanks john

Thank you. Great tutorial. What are the parameters for the 206ah battery to program a Victron SmartShunt?

Can you turn the bluetooth off for when the battery is in long term storage? I would think the bluetooth will slowly drain the battery.

do u have to do anything different when u have 2 batteries connected in series

Are your battery settings good for all 100AH LiFePO4 Batteries?

Say I have 3 200ah batteries, does the red connector read the whole bank? Is that adjusted in settings? Please advise!

Can you make a vídeo connecting 2 lithium batteries! Thanks

How do you connect positive and negative wires with shunt when you have four 12v 15ah batteries in parallel? Do I connect positive on, let’s say, battery 1 and connect the negative on battery 4?

Is it ok to run my vehicle chassis grounds (engine block, firewall, and fender) to system minus? I’ve had mine wired this way on my Jeep for several months now, and haven’t had any issues. Someone recently pointed out to me that it might be dangerous and now I’m doubting myself. I have a Jeep TJ with a non-smart alternator and 4.0L engine.

does a shut have a useful purpose on agm batteries?

I may not understand the use of the Smart Shunt.......Do you need one if your using a BMS with bluetooth and it's app to set and received all the informations you showed us on your smart phone? Thanks Much....

Two Battery Banks with a Switch (A Battery Bank, B Battery Bank), One 2000/4000 Watt Inverter with a 200 Amp Circuit Breaker, One Victron 500 Shunt. How do I set this up? Do I need to use a Negative and Positive Bus Hook up? Do I need two Victron 500 Shunts? I also want to use a single Victron 100/30 Amp Charge Controller to charge the exhausted Battery Bank while continuing to use the other. Most of all, can I keep track of everything with the Victron Blue Tooth Application?

I managed to forget to set the SOK battery SOC to 30% as mentioned before charging for several hours. It is not at 13.4v. How do I go about getting an accurate state of charge from here? Will they not reach 100% because the SOC indicates 100% even though its below that? Also, it doesn't indicate my time remaining with current load unless I turn of the solar disconnect switch for some reason? Hopefully someone has some insight for these things.

Will this handle a little 4volt battery bank? Is there Low Voltage Disconnect?

Does anyone make a product like this for smaller portable builds. I have a small 40Ah power box I built and would love something like this.

Do you think using 10 gauge cable to run 40amp is a bad idea? Your guage seems to be 6 or 8

My system went back to default. How do I increase the battery capacity from 200 to 600? Thanks

I am in the process of setting up the app for my Victron shunt and I have 2 off 200ah lithium batteries. Do I set the battery capacity at 400ah?

Good video

I have 2 100 ah hour batteries. How do you do those?

I just bought one of these batteries and it has Bluetooth but there’s no app out there to show me the battery percentage I have to buy something to add on to it to see %?

If I have two batteries wired in parallel; do I connect a red wire from the shunt to each of them?

If I use clamp style charger for my SOK do I put the negative clamp on the out side of my shunt?

Will a 24v setup (with 2 serial connectected Sok batteries) give all the same parameters x 2? Thanks for you your information.

Thanks for this video! I just received me SOK batteries (206Ah x2) and will use these settings, but do have a question. They WERE shipped so I assume they're at the 30%, however, should I use 13.8v as the charged voltage or use 13.1v which is what me Multimeter shows on both? I want to be sure it's as accurate as possible. Thanks!

are these the same settings as the 280Ah SOK ?

I have 2 banks of 6 eg4 batteries (not LL). Needing a wiring diagram to connect my 500A smart shunt to them. Banks are parallel to parallel. Pairing off on the two negatives. Do I need to buy two smart shunts? One for each bank? Thanks.

Nice video, one super minor observation: you said we didn’t need the manual because you were going to show us everything, later you say make sure you torque it down correctly and to look in the manual to find out what that is… I’m just thinking… Would’ve been nice if you would’ve known what the Torque specs are so we really didn’t need the manual🤪

Question...my Victron shunt is connected to my 36v lithium battery for my trolling motor. Whenever I power off my trolling motor or when it goes into power saving mode, the Victron shunt resets itself to 100%, even if i do not charge the battery. How can i prevent this?

I just installed a 200ah LiFePo4 battery in my small RV. Are all those settings you showed on the Victron Smart shunt applicable to my 200ah battery?

Thank you for this tutorial. What if you have two batteries?

Do a video on connecting two Battery Banks to one Victron 500 Shunt, then to one 2000/4000 Watt Inverter. On the positive side, I also want a 200 Amp Circuit Breaker for the Inverter. I'm not sure how to connect the negative side for two Battery Banks.

Great video however, as a professional pipe fitter, I have very limited knowledge of electrical circuitry and could use your advice on a project of mine. I am attempting to build a portable power supply and will be limited to complete it due to budget constraints. I have the box for equipment, a 12v 100amp LiFePO4 Battery, a charger, a few fans for cooling with thermostatic control and thanks to your video, I will be purchasing this shunt. my question is, where do those red and black cables (I assume power out) go? I am only trying to power a 12v dual zone fridge for now. Let me know. Thank you.

I wonder if you can somehow set an ampere limit for charging in the smart shunt. I know that’s a somewhat specific question, but maybe someone has an answer: I would like to charge a battery with two victron solar chargers, which charge a battery through the shunt, which should be charged with a maximum of 20 A. Do I have to limit both chargers to 10 A each so that they do not exceed 20 A together, or do the devices Talk to each other? Or can i Define that in the shunt? (I ask because I read that when a shunt is used, it takes over „control“ of the charging network - At least when it comes to measuring the battery voltage)

Quick question. Do I need two shunts if I’m running two batteries in parallel or just one between the two?

My smart shunt never revealed state of charge accurately, but did monitor battery bank voltage very well. Either I erred in the connection process, or the shunt is defective, or both. The Bluetooth capability is awesome. After a fresh install to reflect the third battery addition, we shall have our answer. 3X 190 amp hour 12 volt lithium battery bank to supply onboard dc electric and inverter

So should I put my shunt in between the dc charger and the battery? Or between the battery and inverter? Thank you

Where in that would i connect a BMS?

Hi I am curious how do you know that these settings are correct since the SOK battery speck sheet doesn't match most of the field names on Victron's setup screens.

excellent vid, thanks. I have 2 SOK 12s in series for 24 volt. what would the parameters be for that. FYI I have the all in one MPP 2427 and I have had midpoint voltage deviation issues. I have ordered the balancer from watts247 and I think I need to rewire onto the shunt and not the battery minus as you mention. thanks again. Dan

Current, one final question: Because I have two of the 206Ah batteries, do I want to specify a total of 400Ah or actually put 412Ah? These batteries were purchased from you (through Amazon) actually, so thanks for getting them shipped on-time!

Why do you recommend 13.8v as the charge voltage (as opposed to 14.4)?

Does the Victron website have advanced battery settings from different manufacturers?

at 6:55, what do you mean by "if your battery is at 100% you should do a full recharge cycle"? it is fully charged so how do i do a full recharge cycle with a fully charged battery? what does that mean?

WHat happens if you have multiple batteries in Paralell and another earth point on another battery?

The newer version has the positive and aux cables hardwired in.

Not sure what the point of insulated tools if you touch the battery post anyway?

How many neg wires can you connect to the vitron terminal When do I need a buzz bar

May be a dumb question lol but if I have 4 12v lifep04 wired in series for 48v would the shunt be installed the same way?

why did you do 13.8 for this battery?

I believe it's a 13mm instead of 14 mm. It's 13mm for my 206ah.

Will the smartshunt work with all lithium batteries? Even the less expensive one like ampere time, or others?

Are you sure it resynchronizes to 100% Maybe better to fully charge then set SOC to 100%?

You may want to caution your users who see this video. Although you set the battery to 30% SOC in the Victron app at setup, that battery SOC is not stored in history in the app or the shunt. Therefore, once your users walk far enough away from the bluetooth range of the shunt and get disconnected, the battery may show 100% SOC the next time they reconnect to the shunt using the Victron app. This has been an ongoing problem for users like me, and many others, who do not use Victron batteries and a full Victron electrical system. I have a single 24v/200Ah server rack battery, the Victron 500A smart shunt, a Victron Lynx distributor, and a GroWatt Inverter/charger. The entire battery system works great, however the shunt "forgets" the previous battery SOC each time I disconnect from bluetooth. For example, if I manually charge the battery to 100% and sync the shunt to 100% SOC as well, then use 10% (~500 watts) of the battery capacity the shunt displays ~90% capacity remaining. If I then disconnect from the shunt's bluetooth signal (leave the van, or disable bluetooth) then later reconnect to the shunt again, the shunt often says my battery SOC is at 100% again - even though it is only at 90%. I believe the reason is that LFP batteries like mine hold a constant battery voltage until they are almost to zero capacity. The shunt sees the full voltage on the battery and believes it is at 100% SOC. The previous ~500 watts of usage I had consumed is "forgotten" by the shunt since I disconnected from bluetooth as I left the van. This is important for folks to realize, particularly if they have LFP battery chemistry not lead acid which decreases its output voltage as amperage flows out. You may want to try this yourself and perhaps do a follow-up video on this for your users. Good explanation about installing the smart shunt though. I do like the shunt for real-time monitoring of actual wattage flowing in/out as I am charging or discharging. I just no longer trust the SOC display the app provides.

I was told you can connect two batteries in parallel. I still trying to figure it out. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks

Will this work with 2 lithium batteries in parallel?

Do these only hook up to 12v. Or can it be hooked to 48v.

Is it compatible with 48 v 300 amp system also???

Where can I get a chart for battery charge percentage.