Victron Solar Charge Controller Features Explained

[@MrJypsye]

Finally someone who actually explains the settings

[@loisfaruolo6932]

@loisfaruolo6932 I have a 12 volt Duralast AGM battery Cycling Charge rate 14.4 -15.0 v with a 13.5-13.8 Float charge What type would you say my battery is ? My 30A topsolar controller connected to 200 watt panel is already preset on type 61

[@unyalliman]

My god, film a video about a solar system when there is no load drawing power and no solar to provide this power.

[@TROUROCKS]

and then only gloss over a 1/10 of all the functions fwt

[@ravinsaber]

@@TROUROCKS seriously though

[@joanmarshall6653]

The Victron Connect features on the app are all well and good but useless if you don’t understand the terminology, e.g., “state of charge”. Finding a glossary of terms is impossible.

[@sreekumarUSA]

082920/1431pst. Thanks again, I’m watching your visual user instructions for the second time. The more I go through, the most I am able to understand the functions of VICTRON MPPT Charge Controller. I have VICTRON 100/30 with Bluetooth and am quite satisfied at the intelligent device. Presently am using INTERSTATE (US spec) 12V flooded single Battery, for Garage lighting (LED) purposes. I’d replace INTERSTATE with LiFePo4, in due course time. Thanks to you for your descriptive description, which is better than going through scant info by the manufacturer. Stay safe, bless you and 73s...

[@SunscreenDreams]

Glad you liked the video and found the information useful. We are really pleased with the setup and really rate Victron equipment. We are looking at adding a Victron battery charger soon so we can charge the batteries when hooked up at campsites and when the van is sat on the driveway at home. Keeps safe

[@jimjim661]

Excellent presentation. I have this system fitted to my motorhome

[@annjessup1670]

Thank you for a thorough explanation! I just installed my BMV 712 and didn’t really know what I was seeing on the readout. I appreciate the info!

[@blessedwithchallenges9917]

Since the Victron MPPT has auto shut offs at high and low voltage, if you add a $40 Victron Smart temperature sensor, it will work in tandem with the MPPT so you can program a high/ low temperature cut off, which is vital for lithium batteries. Then you don't need a BMS, since the two are taking care of what a BMS does. Now the expense of Victron is the same as buying a cheaper MPPT and a BMS. Most people don't seem to realize this amazing feature about Victron for lithium...

[@bugzie-a1769]

low voltage alarm are you sure its right at 11.5v that may be to low, i think anyway,

[@dockerandy]

should be set at 12.2 no lower. it can kill your batteries !

[@bigulicauvodi]

Very helpful video, thank you very much. Could the BMV be used as a BatteryProtect device, I mean to shut down all current from battery if voltage fall to some value?

[@joeharrison4312]

Ello mate super helpful video!! I fitted my victron mppt 100/20 today and was surprised at the current coming in from the solar being so low around 0.5a. Am I right in saying that this is because it was in float mode? So when the batteries are nicely topped up it doesn’t draw in as much from the solar?

[@SunscreenDreams]

Hi Joe, thanks for your lovely comment. Yes this may be because the batteries are fully charged and therefore don’t require any draw from the solar. To test it out put some load on to the batteries, i.e fridge, lights etc and see if the current increases. We will be putting a new video out in the new few days so keep an eye out for that!

[@sreekumarUSA]

082920/1503pst. Looking forward to your second segment on VICTRON MPPT Charge controller. Thanks in advance. 73s..

[@detoast1197]

thats not how the street lights setting works

[@stephenspreckley8219]

Too bloody complicated.

[@Memyselfandvan]

Another great video, Ben, looks like a great informative system that Victyron, as you know, I went for the ESolar 60A, just hoping that ESolar release a Bluetooth adapter for it now.

[@franzjosefvondegeknechtete751]

Is Strange that is with the Solar charge Controller is Not.possible make this Low Vorlage setting....this i Miss in the settings...some Features i really Miss from the More expansive compamy.instade of the second.controller.what i use....really.pity for.me hnmpff

[@vechnyak]

Unfortunately I am still unclear on what is Watt Hours in the Yield? And Yes! The video is great indeed.

[@ChrisArnold-bd8pn]

Hello John, Did you just install the controller and let the controller set the parameters or did you adjust them? I really want a 'plug and play' scenario rather than mess about with the settings.

[@HotRockCentral]

I've got a 150/100 on the way. A ? I have is this.... on my 24v set up I only have 2 12v 190 a/hr batteries & my panels will pump out about 50 amps right now but soon to double near 100 amps. I don't have a clue what the max charge current rate is tolerable for these batteries. I'm wondering would the Victron dump a full 50 or 100 amps in bulk mode & if it's safe or does it have some sort of sensor to throttle it to the best charge rate for the battery capacity?

[@stephenb5560]

Thanks, it makes things a little clearer. Only got the dongal today. Thanks again

[@dashaB-sl4pu]

These new ones don't require dongels, the bluetooth is built in

[@Francois_Dupont]

what is 50% battery according to you? could you give me a voltage value? ive read online anything from 10v to 11.6v being the lowest acceptable level for a normal flooded lead acid battery.

[@h.m.jjammag2782]

Very informative video, do you have a victron DC to DC 30amp set up video on 200ah LiFePO4?

[@jimdelucia9127]

Thank you for the information. I am just getting ready to order my Victron 150/75.

[@SunscreenDreams]

Thank you we are glad you found it useful. We are really impressed with the Victron products. They really seem to get the best out of the panels.

[@PaulPaid]

??...Did you mean 150/85?

[@ewky1346]

Nice to see your using Victron kit Ben,I’m a Victron installer for grid tied & off grid systems,good choice of kit. Ps....I fitted your new meters the other week!

[@SunscreenDreams]

Hey, thanks for the comment. Yeah we are really impressed with the Victron kit and the level of information that you can get off it, it gets quite addictive looking at the stats. Would love at some point to do a full off grid living system with it to see the full potential. Do you do many off grid setups? Ben

[@yusufjasat8209]

M Lowe I need my color control and 5kva generator to communicate what do I need in terms of cable and device to get my generator to start automatically when battery needs a juice up? I have victron 48/5000 MPPT 250 and lithium battery plus color control

[@ed.t.hansen6499]

need a blue tooth signal to show my battery is charged to disconnect my phone charger. !

[@tazmania4513]

Just got a victron! Thank you for this a great walkthrough🎉🙏👌💯✨

[@SkyeLght]

I am confused as to how to plug in lights for the streetlight function. Is there an outlet on the charge controller or is that in another video?

[@windywest]

Hey Ben! Great channel and information, I am trying to understand my app more, I do not have the monitor installed so I just have my battery and MPPT on the app, but it makes it hard to judge how much charge I have especially if I am going into an evening with my fridge and lights on.......Sometimes my fridge turns off in the evening which isn't ideal and not sure why?

[@SteveSnowman]

Great demo on the Victron SCC, best I've seen on KZbin. Thanks. - N Idaho -

[@ravinsaber]

I appreciate the video but if you're going to title it the features explained you really need to explain all of the features.

[@ed.t.hansen6499]

can I get a contact out to drive a relay from my phone blue tooth to turn on/off my phoone charger ?

[@yusufjasat8209]

How can I get my 5kva diesel generator to communicate with my Ccgx to auto start when I need

[@50Acres]

Nice, learned some new stuff. Didn't know I could click on those bars for charge type breakdown.

[@ToniReviews]

What does the Absorption bit mean? I’ve seen bulk and float but not heard absorption and what that actually means?

[@misslovell]

He answered it in a comment above, "Absorption mode happens after bulk charge. When the battery voltage reaches the preset absorption voltage it switches from bulk to absorption. At this point it switches to. a constant voltage charge suitable for the battery type. It will the hold this until either the preset absorption time is reached or the current being drawn at the batteries drops to the preset level. Once this happens the battery is fully charged and the controller switches to float mode."

[@joesummers992]

Thank you I used some of your settings and made changes to my controller

[@RcBuddy]

Thanks, good information on these chargcontroler.

[@SunscreenDreams]

Thank you. We are very pleased with the charge controller and the level of information it provides us with.

[@googlemate2587]

What settings for lead acid battery its not clear ?

[@debspaul6635]

Great info , explained thanks

[@jimz92raisanz]

Awesome explanation Can I know which type of solar controller could be used for 275 watts panel, which solar controller is suit & equivalent to 275 watts panel.

[@thisisfreezin4711]

My panel is a 295W and the charger is the Victron 100/20 if that helps

[@My2JZandMe]

I have a bluesolar charger with bluetooth dongle right now. If i want to add a battery monitor using the victronconnect app, I still need ANOTHER bluetooth dongle for a BMV700/702 right? If I did not want to spend the full $200 for a BMV712 that is. I have doubts about the in-built Bluetooth due to distance connectivity. Any advice is highly appreciated. Thank you.

[@christee2908]

You need a dongle for the BMV702. There is no possible connection for a dongle on the 700. Distance connectivity depends indeed on where you install the the BMV, you have a bit more freedom thru the lenght of the dongle cable, and in some locations this could be of help.

[@Andy-du7xe]

Hi, does the device allow you to modify the voltage up to 16.8V? I need to charge my Li-ion batteries using solar energy. I hope you can help me. Thank you

[@sreekumarUSA]

Andy , hello permit me to respond to your query. There’s no user serviceable component in any VICTRON MPPT Charge Controllers. But there are 2 options built in to charge Batteries of 12/24 configurations. I’d recommend that you assemble LiFePo4 cells to that specification. LiFePo4s are preferred over flooded Pb Batteries. 73s...

[@InvisibleCitizen]

What if I use a smart phone with no internet? I don’t need Internet for Bluetooth.

[@blessedwithchallenges9917]

Don't need internet or 4g. Only Bluetooth.

how do you conect the controler insted of previus instaled solar charge what is load an pv

[@dockerandy]

pv = solar panels and load = devices using the power...

[@KevinJones-kevlad]

Excellent explanation I've learnt so much in so little time, Thank you. Just one question I have installed a victron 75/15 which is running a 180w solar panel which will be charging 2x 130ah Agm's on the victron charger its set at 15amps, my question is can I increase the 15 amps or do I just leave it at that? Thanks for any information. Kevin,

[@StevenLucasMarketing]

15amps is the max charge current.

[@KevinJones-kevlad]

@@StevenLucasMarketing Do you think I need to increase the 15 amps to suite the battery's and solar panel 🤔 I'm new to all this 🙄

[@markpfitzner3609]

Hi The bulk mode and float mode wee explained but I’m unsure what is the absorption mode Kind regards Mark

[@SunscreenDreams]

Hi Mark, Absorption mode happens after bulk charge. When the battery voltage reaches the preset absorption voltage it switches from bulk to absorption. At this point it switches to. a constant voltage charge suitable for the battery type. It will the hold this until either the preset absorption time is reached or the current being drawn at the batteries drops to the preset level. Once this happens the battery is fully charged and the controller switches to float mode. Hope that answers your question?

[@markpfitzner3609]

Sunscreen Dreams thanks for that now I get it 😀 Another question I have is this I live in rural Australia no mains electricity so I run everything off of Solar friends in Adelaide have pulled an old system of their roof and have given it to me . The panels are 250 watt and 39 volts so I hooked up two sets of three in series then parallel the two sets of three I purchased a victron 150/75 and have 12 @ 100 amphr batteries They have 6 more panels I could have if I hooked up another two sets of three and paralled it could the victron handle the extra input or would it simply not fully utilise the amps going in I just don’t want to damage the unit

[@basilbrush7335]

great video, what model of battery minitor do you recommend for my smart solar controller mppt 150/35?

[@SunscreenDreams]

We are using the Victron battery monitor, BMV-712, a great unit and has so many features.

[@leoclarkin5944]

thx, can you remotely monitor the data via the internet ?

[@varunadhananjaya]

looking for a solution for this. does victron has any device that can connect BMS and Solar controller to connect to the could and see whats going on from the App

[@sreekumarUSA]

Hmmmmmmm. That’s a worthy intelligent enquiry and or suggestion. The newer versions of VICTRON MPPT Charge Controllers have built in Bluetooth transceiver. But their range is not more than 20 feet, there about. Perhaps VICTRON guys could look into getting the device to communicate in WAN system. That would be a great blessing when traveling (vacation/ visits) to keep an eye on Charge System back at home. Thanks to Dhanajayan and Leo. 73s...

[@allengordon9208]

Can I set top limits for the state of charge of my battery?

[@daveyboy8907]

Yes

[@daveyboy8907]

Can set absorption and float range individually.. Thesevare great controllers

[@TheMarkGgr]

I know this is a slightly older video but I would just like to add that the solar charge controller does not update the time from the Internet (does not have a time server built in). The controller will work out the sunrise/sunset times over the course of several days. This is done through the voltage received from the solar panels and will be cleared, when disconnected from the battery (unlike all the other settings).

[@stevec5000]

How is this unit able to turn lights on in Streetlight mode without any connections on it for lights?

[@frodev728]

you would connect your “lights” to the load output terminals, and the controller switches the load output on and off. alternatively you can use a relay or other electronic voltage sensing circuit to sense when the load terminals are switched and switch anything based on that...

[@stevec5000]

@@frodev728 That's ridiculous, who is going to use an expensive charge controller to turn lights on and off? Also you would need a model that has Load output terminals to do that but it still makes no sense because if your inverter is connected to the Load terminals it will be going on and off also!

[@frodev728]

steve c you’re ridiculous

[@christee2908]

@@stevec5000 It depends on the use. Remember that originally Victron as a firm is pointed to boat users, so this streetlight function could be handy if your boat moored somewhere in a bay and you want to make others aware of your location at night. Then this feature comes in very handy to indicate your position when lying at anchor. If you are at anchor, you must switch on your anchor light between sunset and sunrise. That way other ships can easily avoid you. This streetlight function makes this possible automatically. Using this function in an MH or campervan I see no clear advantage. But an example would be: use it with a inverted relay connected to it, who can then also arrange certain functions and close these functions during the nighttime. Charging phone , computer, ...loading devices when there is solar energy available, and during the night they are switched off. There are quite a few things that you can do with this function, be inspired.

[@stevec5000]

@@christee2908 Nonsense! It still doesn't have any connection for lights!

[@fitshapebootcamp210]

Great video guys! Just one question, if I install my panels on the roof and connect them up in series, would it damage the panels if I leave them connected together but not to a charge controller? I'll need to finish other aspects of the build before connecting up the charge controller.

[@SunscreenDreams]

Thank you, I am glad you found it useful. Having the panels disconnected will be fine, over an extended period of time if can’t damage some cadmium panels but you will be fine. Disconnected panels do get hotter than connected panels so would make sure that there is good airflow around them.

[@fitshapebootcamp210]

@@SunscreenDreams thank you

[@charlesgamon9362]

Boring