Victron battery monitor

Dapdan
Dapdan Solar Expert Posts: 330 ✭✭
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Hey all,

Has anyone here know anything or anyone who has used a victron monitor. It is at a good price of $195 and includes all cables and the shunt and claims high accurate read outs. It also has the voltage range of 9 - 90v which suits me because I am upgrading to 48v and my xantrex linklite can only read voltages up to 32v. In fact most of the battery monitors that I have seen dont read 48v so this one is right down my alley. Tell me what you guys think. Here is the link.

http://www.victronenergy.com/upload/documents/Datasheet%20-%20BMV%20600%20-%20rev%2002%20-%20EN.pdf

Cheers...
Damani
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  • mike95490
    mike95490 Solar Expert Posts: 9,583 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Re: Victron battery monitor

    Needs isolated serial port for computer use, not a real biggie, just don't forget.

    I don't know enough about monitors (yet) to know what to look for in them. The specs seem nice.
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  • westbranch
    westbranch Solar Expert Posts: 5,183 ✭✭✭✭
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    Re: Victron battery monitor

    Dan, I thought this before, when I saw a previous version of their monitor...

    it looks a lot like an Xantrex monitor repackaged...

    compare the pics and specs, mind you this one appears much more versatile than the X version, better price too.

    Cheers
    Eric
     
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  • Dapdan
    Dapdan Solar Expert Posts: 330 ✭✭
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    Re: Victron battery monitor

    West,

    You are right it does look similar to the X brand. If I came across this first I would have bought it before I bought the link lite which was 10 bucks more. It has the added feature of the increased voltage range and increased Ah hour range as the Linklite only goes up to 1000Ah where as my smallest bank is 1040Ah. It also claims greater precision. All in all it seems a better unit than the lite and pro based on claimed specs.

    Cheers...
    Damani
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