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Smart Battery Sense manual
1. Introduction
The Smart Battery Sense is a wireless voltage- and temperature- sensor for Victron MPPT Solar Chargers.
The Solar Charger uses the battery voltage & temperature information to optimize its charge parameters. This will improve charging-efficiency and prolong battery life.
The connection between the Smart Battery Sense and the Solar Charger(s) wireless: VE.Smart Network, a wireless technology that is based on Bluetooth Smart.
Its very simple to install & configure, the Smart Battery Sense comes with an inline fuse and pre-crimped eyelets. And adhesive tape on the back, to mount it on the battery.
- The Smart Battery Sense is not needed, nor allowed, in systems that also have a Color Control GX or Venus GX, see FAQ Q6 for more info.
- The Smart Battery Sense is not needed for installations that already have a BMV-712 with its temperature sensor accessory.
- For installations with a BMV-702 + temperature sensor accessory, consider adding a VE.Direct Bluetooth Smart dongle instead of a Smart Battery Sense.
2. Installation
Connect the unit's two eyelets to your battery terminals and attach it directly onto the battery-body using its self-adhesive strip.
For battery banks consisting of multiple individual batteries, connect the Smart Battery Sense unit on any one of the batteries.
In case the supplied bat+ and bat- cables are not long enough, their length can be increased. Make sure to use the same, or thicker, gauge cable.
4. Configuration
See this below video. A step by step procedure is documented in the ve-smart-networking manual.
5. Trouble shooting
See both the VictronConnect manual and the VE.Smart Network manual.
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