I'm curious , You have the extra solar panels running into the victron controller, so the output from the victron controller goes in to where? Does it go into the bmpro? Any chance of a wiring diagram ?
Hey Scott, both victrons and bm run separate out puts to the battery's hope that helps. I follow a guy on RUclips Will Prowess and he is really helpful. I'll put a diagram on our Facebook page and tag you👍
Hey mate, by no way am i criticizing. Your figures on the display cant be right, you had the AC and hair dryer running through the inverter at 1840 watts/1.84kw, divide that by 12 (volts) = 153 amps. The display only shows 20 to 30 amps being used. Your system can obviously run it all but the readout is inaccurate and you"ll run out of battery before you know it. For big loads like your running you need a shunt on the battery to give accurate readings, maybe there is one and its linked to the BMPro (mine was not synced with the link properly). What does the BMPro app tell you is being used with the AC on? The AC uses around 110/150 amps so unless that many amps are going in to the battery you cant possibly be on float. Ive got a Red Centre with the same BMPro and it will only return a maximum of 30 amps back to the battery which is poor in my opinion, yes you have two charge controllers with a combined max of 70 amps total which is good. Just sharing what I've learnt and its good to see what you have done with extra panels and controller, its a good idea. Happy holidays
Hey always great to have input and constructive criticism were doing another video because we took advice from mick and put another victron in and yeh there is a lot conflicting figures from each device. In the next video I've got the aircon running from 8.45 to 2.45 now and its still running and the victrons say float but the bm is flashing orange (charge). Thanks mate for the input were still learning and thanks for watching 👍
@@BJKAdventures22 Thanks for your reply. I'll still be learning until I die. Red Centre has these Bmpro's wired up pretty odd, if your off grid and have the inverter turned on and using power it will start charging the battery bank from the inverter/battery (a continuous loop of losing power), this youtube clip will explain better than I can ruclips.net/video/b3oa5-IkenE/видео.html If your off grid turn the BM charge controller off at the power point and you shouldn't have this issue, it will still charge from solar though. Do check for a shunt as large outputs like the inverter are wired direct to the battery and the display screens wont pick it up without one, speaking from experience as our shunt was not working on our 2022 new van. You will have plenty of amps coming in to your battery now and I'll be waiting for that video to get ideas to get more power into my batteries.
I didn't check because the BM was giving all sorts of false info like the the tanks were full when empty , when I get that sorted I'll do another video. Thank for sub and comment mate👍
I’m thinking that you may be wasting some of your solar production with that controller. Looking at those panels I’d estimate them to be 100W each. That’s roughly 800W you have going into a controller that’s rated to take 400W of panels. It may be worth your while to add another 100/30 and split the panels into two lots of 400W.
@Mick Pocock thanks for input its hard to tell what they are,the back label says 18 volts but doesn't tell the amps(watts law volts ×amps =watts) I put a meter on the panel and 4 amps. Also the three big panels(170watts) go through the bm pro. Cheers👍🍺
I'm curious , You have the extra solar panels running into the victron controller, so the output from the victron controller goes in to where? Does it go into the bmpro? Any chance of a wiring diagram ?
Hey Scott, both victrons and bm run separate out puts to the battery's hope that helps.
I follow a guy on RUclips Will Prowess and he is really helpful.
I'll put a diagram on our Facebook page and tag you👍
Hey mate, by no way am i criticizing. Your figures on the display cant be right, you had the AC and hair dryer running through the inverter at 1840 watts/1.84kw, divide that by 12 (volts) = 153 amps. The display only shows 20 to 30 amps being used. Your system can obviously run it all but the readout is inaccurate and you"ll run out of battery before you know it. For big loads like your running you need a shunt on the battery to give accurate readings, maybe there is one and its linked to the BMPro (mine was not synced with the link properly). What does the BMPro app tell you is being used with the AC on? The AC uses around 110/150 amps so unless that many amps are going in to the battery you cant possibly be on float. Ive got a Red Centre with the same BMPro and it will only return a maximum of 30 amps back to the battery which is poor in my opinion, yes you have two charge controllers with a combined max of 70 amps total which is good. Just sharing what I've learnt and its good to see what you have done with extra panels and controller, its a good idea. Happy holidays
Hey always great to have input and constructive criticism were doing another video because we took advice from mick and put another victron in and yeh there is a lot conflicting figures from each device. In the next video I've got the aircon running from 8.45 to 2.45 now and its still running and the victrons say float but the bm is flashing orange (charge).
Thanks mate for the input were still learning and thanks for watching 👍
@@BJKAdventures22 Thanks for your reply. I'll still be learning until I die. Red Centre has these Bmpro's wired up pretty odd, if your off grid and have the inverter turned on and using power it will start charging the battery bank from the inverter/battery (a continuous loop of losing power), this youtube clip will explain better than I can
ruclips.net/video/b3oa5-IkenE/видео.html
If your off grid turn the BM charge controller off at the power point and you shouldn't have this issue, it will still charge from solar though. Do check for a shunt as large outputs like the inverter are wired direct to the battery and the display screens wont pick it up without one, speaking from experience as our shunt was not working on our 2022 new van.
You will have plenty of amps coming in to your battery now and I'll be waiting for that video to get ideas to get more power into my batteries.
What was the solar input from the RC solar panels through the BMPro when you were using the a/c? cheers.
I didn't check because the BM was giving all sorts of false info like the the tanks were full when empty , when I get that sorted I'll do another video.
Thank for sub and comment mate👍
@@BJKAdventures22 ok, cheers. I'll keep an eye out for the vid.
Hey Whyte Nyte check the bm while ac was on and we go 16.45 volts and 6amps ,doing another video 👍
Solar power! I got notification very cool
Hey chezz thanks for the comment 😀
How much more weight did they add to the van
Hey Len all up about 60 kgs
What model solar controller is it?
It's a Victron 😀
Victron MPPT 100/30
I’m thinking that you may be wasting some of your solar production with that controller. Looking at those panels I’d estimate them to be 100W each. That’s roughly 800W you have going into a controller that’s rated to take 400W of panels. It may be worth your while to add another 100/30 and split the panels into two lots of 400W.
@Mick Pocock thanks for input its hard to tell what they are,the back label says 18 volts but doesn't tell the amps(watts law volts ×amps =watts) I put a meter on the panel and 4 amps.
Also the three big panels(170watts) go through the bm pro.
Cheers👍🍺
cool 😎