Van Bitz Battery Master - Review & How It Works!

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@tetranome2982 Жыл бұрын

Awesome, I was told recently I could set up a solar panel for my starter battery and I was like, "but I already have solar and a leisure setup". Glad to hear it's possible. Any issues with wiring the leisure straight onto the starter when I already have a battery-2-battery charger wired up? I was cautioned not to jumpstart my van using the Li leisure battery. Cheers!

@nigelpurcell-herbert7260 4 ай бұрын

I’ve just bought the next revision 24 and have sent it back for not working as advertised. I tested it in a similar way to the video, measuring voltages and current. With a 30% charged AGM vehicle battery at 12.2 volts and LiFePo4 at 13.8 volts the BM drew a near constant 3 amps and got quite hot. Eh? What happened to the 1.1 amp limit? Maybe that was extreme so to give it a re-run I replaced the AGM with a fully charged and rested new one at 13.1 volts. Again it drew around 3 amps initially but over 5 minutes settled to no current draw and roughly 0.7 volt difference. Then I turned the charger on raising the LiFePo4 voltage to 14.2 volts and the BM drew over 3 amps and continued to do so while getting hot again. After 5 minutes it was still drawing 2.5 amps. I sent it to Van Bitz for testing, they sent it back saying nothing wrong with it and I should fit a 10 amp fuse! What!? It’s supposed to have a 1.1 amp limit and internal fuse protection. If it doesn’t limit the current properly there is no way I want to risk overcharging my new AGM battery and the supplier has agreed a refund.

@pl1311 Жыл бұрын

If one has a bcdc-dc charger between the start and leisure battery - where would this go? In series, before or after the dc-dc charger?

@itsinthedetail9093 5 ай бұрын

I have a 200ah lithium battery but a standard stop start agm so can I use it please? ps I have a Victron Orion fitted. I’m a little worried that it will over charge the starter battery. Many thanks for your excellent video.