Victron shunt battery monitor setup & programming!

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4 ай бұрын

Have you purchased a Victron shunt battery monitor or plan on using one and are not sure how to set it up? This video will help you with the physical wiring and proper programming of it. It is tailored towards a lithium battery bank, so if you need help getting it setup for a different chemistry let us know in the comments and we will help you out!
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@RobEddy-oq1uz Ай бұрын

Well done Justin. This would have to be the best explanation on lithium battery settings that I have viewed.

@rvsolarconcepts Ай бұрын

Thank you sir!

@lionsinthezoo 20 сағат бұрын

Thanks bud straight to the point 👍

@mick2d2 Ай бұрын

Brilliant! Thank you very much for sharing. Solved the problem I was having. I'd connected the negative pole of the charger directly to the battery instead of to the system negative, and thiswas mesing up the reading. Now it's working perfectly! Subscribed!

@rvsolarconcepts Ай бұрын

Glad you got it figured out! Thanks for your support!

@MrFrogman54 4 ай бұрын

I’m trying to learn all I can! Very helpful!

@johnx9318 2 ай бұрын

Thanks buddy. Very useful - I'm off to my shed to reprogram my shunt!

@herkko61 Ай бұрын

Extremely good information!!! Thank you.

@rvsolarconcepts Ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@jcrabbphoto2294 2 ай бұрын

Good simple explanation. Thanks.

@rvsolarconcepts 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the support!

@richeastmain4031 3 ай бұрын

Great info, thanks.

@tomwinning 2 ай бұрын

Very helpful thanks mate! 🇦🇺

@Mr1999tora Ай бұрын

Fantastico, ottima spiegazione, grazie ancora delle informazioni-

@michelem.6104 Ай бұрын

Excellent! My only nit is that you setup the "Discharge Floor" to 10%...which makes sense to me...but the Victron display (near the end of the video) shows it back up to 50%. We are putting one in next week and your video is a great help. Thanks again!

@rvsolarconcepts Ай бұрын

Yeah that's just my begginer editing/video making skills showing 😆 glad it helped though!

@lesgraham2578 Ай бұрын

Appreciate the advice, thanks so much. I’ve just installed the smart shunt. First step to switching to lithium. Some of us are still running 2 6v. Are the factory settings good for the 6v?

@steveschaefer5835 Ай бұрын

If I have two 100Ah batteries wired in series for 24 V. Would I set my victron smart shunt to 100ah or 200Ah. Thank you this was very helpful

@user-dz4dh8vm7k 28 күн бұрын

Great video mate. I have one question. I’m installing one in a ford ranger tub. You say nothing else can go on the negative terminal other than the wire from shunt. So does that mean I even take the earth wire off of my battery? Therefore I should earth the shunt? Correct?

@Tex260Z 2 ай бұрын

At last! great video with proper explanations, many thanks. However I do have one question, the Tail current in the BMV-712 is expressed as a percentage (2%), but the Tail current in my Victron MMPT 75/15 regulator is expressed as an Amp setting (currently 2.0 amps. How do you calculate the setting for the MPPT regulator please? I would like to see the same sort of video on the Victron MPPT regulator including everything in the "Expert Mode" like Rebulk offset mode etc.

@rvsolarconcepts 2 ай бұрын

Let us get something put together for ya!

@baronbissett9832 9 күн бұрын

I have two Lipo batteries in the back of my van wired together, how do you install when there are two batteries?

@holylick5522 2 ай бұрын

So the chassis ground goes on the system minus side? Thank you for the video.

@rvsolarconcepts 2 ай бұрын

Correct, everything goes to the system minus side except the wire from the negative battery post.

@holylick5522 2 ай бұрын

Thanks again. I really appreciate the quick response.

@rvsolarconcepts 2 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@affabletrader6610 Ай бұрын

are you going to discuss whether you need internet connection for firmware update and what if you don't have internet connection at site.

@rvsolarconcepts Ай бұрын

Good question! To the best of my knowledge, the updates are downloaded and held in the app while you have service on your device. After that, the update can be performed anytime from that device whether you currently have service or not. So as long as the device with the victron app installed gets service periodically you should be able to update the devices without having service at the time of the update.

@DonaldStuart-wq2wi 2 ай бұрын

I have a Victron 100/30 with two 100 ah lithium batteries will the Victron shunt 500 monitor the two batteries. Do I need to use the auxiliary side for second battery…thanks for your help

@rvsolarconcepts 2 ай бұрын

Yes it will monitor the entire bank as long as you wire it correctly, as shown in the video! There is no need for the aux input.

@DonaldStuart-wq2wi 2 ай бұрын

Thank you

@sandromontebello2707 14 күн бұрын

Could you suggest settings for agm battery

@rvsolarconcepts 14 күн бұрын

You'll want to check with the manufacturer to get an answer on what voltages are necessary for the different stages of charging.

@dheller777 2 ай бұрын

I will have two 300 ah Lipo4 batteries wired in parallel. They will have the positive and negative wires from my solar controller going to them to charge them. You said I cannot have any connections to my negative terminal. That said where and how would I run my cables from my solar controller to my batteries? I always run these connections directly to the positive and negative post of my batteries.

@holylick5522 2 ай бұрын

Use a buss bar on the system minus side of the shunt?

@ClarkyMalarky 2 ай бұрын

Just treat the outgoing wire of the shunt cable just like a battery post.

@KJC63 Ай бұрын

Do you recommend putting the thin red wire on the positive battery post or the positive bus bar?

@rvsolarconcepts Ай бұрын

The only thing we keep in mind when doing our installs is we do not put that red power wire on anything that could be shut off with a disconnect. You want the shunt to have constant power at all times so it doesn't lose its calibration.

@KJC63 Ай бұрын

@@rvsolarconcepts thank you

@rvsolarconcepts Ай бұрын

Either spot will provide the range power so whatever is most convenient or looks best.

@casemodder89 9 күн бұрын

always on the positive post ! you want to measure actual battery voltage not the dropped voltage over your wiring under load. because that throws off the measurement.

@KJC63 9 күн бұрын

I'm just thinking when I put my camper storage indoors for the winter

@howardklopak628 2 ай бұрын

I am looking for a shunt to use to measure battery capacity… but I think this setup looses all the data once the battery discharges. I was hoping the aux battery input would keep it awake, but it doesn’t seem to. Issue is SmartShunt resets and looses connection when the battery voltage drops too low. This makes it useless for me. In my opinion the power for the shunt electronics should come from the auxiliary battery… that would be much better. This SmartShunt has no value to me without the ability to keep alive. What am I missing?

@rvsolarconcepts 2 ай бұрын

It definitely is not the tool to use if you are looking for long term tracking. We have been frustrated with the same problems that you are describing but I don't believe Victron has any intentions of revamping the shunt to store the data unfortunately...

@howardklopak628 2 ай бұрын

Yea, you are probably right. With the low cost of microprocessors you would think a Wifi version could exist with a web browser interface and on board storage… hey Toshiba had WiFi access built into to an SD flash card and that was many years ago. I guess I expect too much. It also disconnects every time you switch to another app and has to reconnect when you bring it back to the foreground on IOS. Unless I’m missing something, it’s a toy. I’m sending it back.

@cottoncb 2 ай бұрын

What about 24v?

@rvsolarconcepts 2 ай бұрын

Only differences with a 24v system will be the charging voltages which should be recommended by the battery manufacturer.

@stevenchase2066 2 ай бұрын

Still waiting for someone to do this with 3 12v batteries to make 36v see how it works

@rvsolarconcepts 2 ай бұрын

What exactly are you wanting to see? The principal is the exact same, the only thing that changes is the voltage and amperage that you'll see going through it...

@stevenchase2066 2 ай бұрын

@@rvsolarconcepts just never seen anyone show what the settings would be in the app for anything other then 12v

@rvsolarconcepts 2 ай бұрын

@@stevenchase2066 Gotcha! Maybe we will revise the video and splice in settings for 24, 36, and 48. Thanks for the suggestion!

@GermanDaGreat 3 ай бұрын

Why dont I see my charge energy I have 900W coming in but the shunts shows 0 percent no charge

@GermanDaGreat 3 ай бұрын

I don't see power coming into the Shunt I am getting a PV reading of 26.5 so my batteries are charging but the shunt doesn't show anything no charge.

@rvsolarconcepts 3 ай бұрын

What device is showing you 900 watts coming in?

@GermanDaGreat 3 ай бұрын

@@rvsolarconcepts My Victron 150/35 says 900w is coming in but on the shunt, I don't see the battery going up it's like it doesn't register, I did exactly what you said didn't connect the pv to the battery I did it to a bar only thing I connected to the batter negative is the shunt and the shunt is connected to the bar for the Pv. the positive is connected to the battery it is not on a bar, direct connection.

@GermanDaGreat 3 ай бұрын

@@rvsolarconcepts I do see the dischared energy just not the charged energy. but I never synchronized it. the end part of the video.

@rvsolarconcepts 3 ай бұрын

Make sure you have the connections on the shunt in the correct orientation. The one going to your bus bar needs to be on the "system minus" side of the shunt and the one from your negative battery terminal needs to go on battery minus. Also make sure your batteries aren't fully charged already otherwise the solar power will be present but the batteries will have disconnected themselves from the charging circuit showing 0 amperage going in.