{"id":14618,"date":"2018-11-28T10:50:21","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T08:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/?p=14618"},"modified":"2023-01-23T18:58:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T16:58:53","slug":"victronconnect-now-with-smart-lithium-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/28\/victronconnect-now-with-smart-lithium-update\/","title":{"rendered":"VictronConnect now with Smart Lithium battery update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A short but essential blog. The recently released version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/panel-systems-remote-monitoring\/victronconnect\" target=\"_blank\">VictronConnect App<\/a> now includes an update for Victron Energy&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/batteries\/lithium-battery-12-8v\" target=\"_blank\">Lithium Smart batteries (12.8V &amp; 25.6V)<\/a>. The update (via the app) now wisely disables the charge when the battery cell temperature is below 5 degrees C, as charging at lower temperatures accelerates battery degradation.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>You will note the datasheet says:<\/p>\n<p>Operating temperature &#8211; Discharge: -20\u00b0C to +50\u00b0C and Charge: +5\u00b0C to +50\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<p>In other words +5\u00b0C is the minimum required temperature for charging.<\/p>\n<p>With the new VictronConnect,\u00a0Lithium Smart batteries will now automatically be updated. Here&#8217;s a screenshot of what you will see, where charging is blocked below +5\u00b0C<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14622 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/under-temperature-alarm_87155276-576x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/under-temperature-alarm_87155276-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/under-temperature-alarm_87155276-690x1227.png 690w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/under-temperature-alarm_87155276-730x1298.png 730w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/under-temperature-alarm_87155276-768x1365.png 768w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/under-temperature-alarm_87155276-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/under-temperature-alarm_87155276.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Disabling charging is done because Victron Energy tests and research have shown that lithium iron phosphate batteries charged below +5\u00b0C will start to damage the cells. If they were charged at that or lower &#8211; and whilst they may appear to be charging normally &#8211; permanent damage would be done. Lithium Smart Battery update (set to default) ensures that is not a possibility.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst some people may wish to charge below the default +5\u00b0C or in an emergency and although the app will allow such actions &#8211; this clearly voids any warranty you may have. In such a case you would see this:<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"full-size-image container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14633 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Cold_87160085.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Cold_87160085.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Cold_87160085-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Charge disconnect when the temperature drops below 5\u00b0C\u00a0 (providing the VictronConnect update is in place) applies when using these products with Victron&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/batteries\/lithium-battery-12-8v\" target=\"_blank\">Lithium Smart batteries (12.8V &amp; 25.6V)<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/battery-management-systems\/ve-bus-bms\" target=\"_blank\">VE.Bus BMS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/upload\/documents\/Datasheet-BMS-12-200-EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">BMS 12\/200<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/upload\/documents\/Datasheet-miniBMS-EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">miniBMS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/john.rushworth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">John Rushworth<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A short but essential blog. The recently released version of the VictronConnect App now includes an update for Victron Energy&#8217;s Lithium Smart batteries (12.8V &amp; 25.6V). The update (via the app) now wisely disables the charge when the battery cell temperature is below 5 degrees C, as charging at lower temperatures accelerates battery degradation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-firmware-software"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>VictronConnect now with Smart Lithium battery update - Victron Energy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/28\/victronconnect-now-with-smart-lithium-update\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VictronConnect now with Smart Lithium battery update - Victron Energy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A short but essential blog. 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