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Those thick battery cables do not, and should not be bent into the sharp 90 degree angles in the pic.įor nothing else before the shunt, that means don’t put a load before it, and don’t put a battery fuse before it. Making thick cables for 5/16 posts takes up a lot more room than I expected compared to some of the 14 gauge wire with #10 lugs I’d crimped for fuse boxes before. There was also a way to do it with ESPHome, but it was.

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Then set up the appropriate config on Home Assistant for MQTT devices. The SmartShunt IP65 connects via Bluetooth to the VictronConnect app on your phone (or tablet) and you can conveniently read out all monitored battery.A241. There’s also a range of complementary accessories. I can only communicate with the SmartShunt from.

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Battery Monitor (shunt) The Lynx Shunt VE.Can battery monitor operates in a similar fashion as the other Victron Energy battery monitors. Victron Energy have a comprehensive range of Battery Monitors, Battery Balancers, BMS and Shunt options, plus a wide variety of panel and system monitoring solutions (local & remote) such as the Victron GX product range for example. I recently installed the Victron SmartShunt IP65 in the battery compartment of my 2015 Tiffin Phaeton. Add 'modbus: include modbus.yaml' to configuration.yaml (in HA). Enable Modbus on the CCGX (Menu -> Settings -> Services -> Modbus TCP Enabled. I use the Modbus capability instead of MQTT, since it is more direct. The relay can be driven by the blown fuse parameter. This is quite easy if you have Home Assistant (HA) running on the same network as your Victron CCGX. I installed the MQTT broker add-on in Home Assistant, and send all of the output from the ESP to MQTT. The fuse is being monitored by the Lynx Shunt VE.Can and, if the fuse blows, the power LED turns red and an alarm message is sent to the GX device.

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One of my lessons learned is lug sizing and space. I used an ESP8266 microcontroller to connect to the serial ve.direct port on the smart shunt. I did urchase a battery temp sensor which plugs into B1 B2. The one pictured is for a second battery system, IMO not necessary. I dont know which one is right It is important as I have to set the voltage at which the Automatic switch changes over to grid power. Powered by Springers With Bluetooth built-in, the Victron Smart shunt is ready for the Internet of Things (IoT) era. The cable plugging into the shunt at B1 and B2 with a dotted line is an accessory, which is not needed. The Victron Shunt says the voltage is 12.5, a multimeter says 12.4, I also have an Automatic Transfer switch which says 12.3 All are directly connected / tested at the battery terminals. What size wire you place between the battery and the inverter is determined by the voltage loss per foot of the connecting wire. Plug the cable from the shunt to the battery monitor and THat is all you need to do to monitor a battery. According to the Victron installation instructions, the battery negative wire goes directly to the shunt and it is the only wire connected to the negative side of the battery and the battery side of the shunt.

Put the Pos supply cable in the shunt, and then attach the lug to the positive battery post.

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I will eventually post pictures of the install once the final design and install is completed.Please note how the current needs to flow through the shunt by basically cutting the thick cable out of the battery negative, crimping two lugs on the wire you just cut. As I always, I appreciate the perspective of the more experienced owners in this forum. Does anyone know a reason why we should install battery AWG 4/0 wire for this application. What would I miss being able to monitor doing it the easy way, solar statistics? Also, I know that I should use AWG 4/0 cable with THHN/THWN covered copper stranded wire with copper lugs, but as I read the spec, a smaller diameter wire can meet the spec if it has sufficient number of strands. I was thinking of installing in the basement next to the inverter on the street side adjacent to the pantry. When I reviewed some of the recent posts about the install of Victron monitors, I see what appears to be best practice is to install it right after the negative battery terminal and before the inverter, solar controller, and main ground. The SmartShunt is a good alternative to the BMV battery controller, especially for systems where you want to monitor a battery, but with less cable and mess.CA174. I purchased a Victron SmartShunt battery monitor because I believe it will provide my wife and I with better information about our 4 AGM batteries. The Victron IP65 Waterproof SmartShunt is an all in one battery monitor, only without a display.

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