Yea that’s awesome. I love the victron for this. I also use cerbo as I communicate across the country via 4G connection. Victron had so much flexibility. Love it. These days however it’s more tears in my eyes as Utah off grid suffering super cloudy days. Live and learn. Thx for sharing !! So fun
Loving the networking, and getting plenty of sun. Everything in float by noon lately. The only downside...no rain at all. Catchment tank getting too low for comfort. Least amount of rain I have ever seen here. Willing to sacrifice being fully charged for some decent rain now! Aloha! 🤙
Thanks for the instructional video! I just networked my two Victron 100-50s powering my EG4LL 12v 400 Ah battery. Love the Victrons, thanks for the tip! I had replaced a couple of 100-30 Victron controllers with these, now I need to build another system and network those two also. Too much fun!!!
Nice work (aloha) and thank you very much for sharing! My 100/20 with 24/375 inverter is smooth as butter (very happy with it) and, when I am ready, I'll definitely consider adding another charger, in parallel, as you have done. Again, thank you for sharing!
hello, thank you for another great video, i will fully watch it later, but this kind of video is invaluable to me, i live 100km from a town, and cant afford to pay people to come all this way and do things so try to do everything ourselves, thanks again, take care :)
This is on the top of my list, having multiple charge controllers feeding one larger battery bank. With solar panel arrays facing in different directions to catch the sun at different times of the day. I'm gearing up now to only use victron controllers to make this happen. I guess, it doesn't matter if the victron controllers are different sizes, just need to connect them to the same network.
These two together have really changed keeping me topped off day in, and day out. Working so good, I only need glance at them periodically . They have everything under control...effortless. 🤙
Nice video, thanks. I googled Ve networking and your video was first up. Cool! I was having trouble with my battery sense (for temp) and my 2 different Victron chargers. My shed battery sense wanted to link with the cabin controller and the cabin battery sense was playing second fiddle. Just created separate networks and now it’s working as it should. This is important as the battery sense allows the Victron to stop charging if the temps are too low for the Lifepo4s.
If you have a Victron Smartshunt on the same system you can have that join the same network - it will i.e. share are little more accurate battery-voltage and current(making your power readings into the battery more accurate), than the chargecontrollers can detect, because of the less voltagedrop(in the wires) the shunt has - as supposed to the chargecontrollers wiring.
@@ProjectsinParadise808 As you say - they are just "chatting away" 😀 I have tried various shunts and I'm not sure if Victrons is any much better than others. Like I can't get the Victron shunts - like others - to show remaining chargetime, only remaining loadtime(just a minor detail) But if you did have one already, you might as well have it join your network, that was my point :) Good video - addressing the Victron Network.
That so easy to sync them together. I am looking into the smart shunt and a LF inverter from Victron. all the reviews have been great. I cant wait to hook my folding solar 120watt into Victron and my laptop threw the USB connect cable. also the Bluetooth app . I can import data to a spread sheet . can do custom settings threw a windows 11 laptop. And I was doing great with PWM controller and AGM battery for camping. going powerqueen LiFePO4 . so much lighter . can even do 24V . got all I need except Powerqueen battery. come spring I set it up on the AGM to start. Thinking about what I can do with extra power. instead of what do I need the most and what to cut . This is game changing. more power to battery with same panel and with LiFePO4 they are lighter and about 90% efficient. it all adds up !😀
SInce I introduced the Victron controllers into the systems, life has been much easier! I do not spend near the time I used to dialing in everything. Pretty much plug and play, and maybe a small adjustment along the way, which only takes seconds to perform. Big game changer for me. Plus , squeezing out every available watt/amp into the systems definitely adds up every day! Aloha! 🤙
Wonderfull feature. I had 2 strings, 2 different wattage and configuration with 1 mppt that switched off way before the other, now with network sync they run in sync. Bulk, abs, float at same time. Imagine the next upgrade can be colour display app on mobile phone, instead of the pricey interface you have to purchase? 🤔🤔
i have a question... this used the phones bluetooth .. when you leave it and go far making distance then there is no signal... do their bluetooth systems still keep that network pairing or it stops > ? ? i m going to buy a second but 100/30 one and thats my concern cause i wont play with rasperypies or even cerbos with ve yet
If each controller is being fed by separate strings what happens to one string (like shade) is going to automatically affect the other via the networked controllers, is that how it works? Or is to make sure that each controller doesn't see the battery separately so they don't compete erroneously trying to charge it?
The partial shading between strings does not seem to affect the goal of them working together to get fully charged. Mostly they catch the same amount of energy, give or take a couple hundred watt hours in a day. Aloha! 🤙
Maybe I haven't fully understand the meaning of absorption mode and float. Does absorption mean the battery is almost full and it will charge slowly until max. Voltage is reached? And the meaning of float is it is fully charged and not charging anymore until the voltage has dropped to a specific level?
Question I have 2 200 watt panels in parallel on a victron 100/30amp controller. I am planning on another 2 200 watt panels in parallel on a victron 100/50 amp controller do you know if the 2 controllers can still synced and networked even though one is a 30 amp and one is a 50amp.
@@jttribe7683 no. In ve smart network only voltage is taken to the account, charging current are indipendent on charge controller. But if you use gx device then you can control charging current by using dvcc feature
Amazingly nice. So during the absorption phase 3.525 Volts per cell or 14.1 volts is used. Maybe 14.2 volts is better for top balancing periodically. I suppose that just observing the actual battery voltage after absorption will tell us if the cells are drifting below 3.525 Volts / cell.
My thoughts are , two hours at 14.1 and slowly tapering off the charge to float I am getting decent balancing. Of course I really dont know, but seems plausible! Aloha! We need rain in a bad way here...dry as can be, catchment too low! 🤙
My MPPTs have no built in Bluetooth. I only hve one bluetooth adapter dongle (that I've used to program them) if I get a second adapter. Can I network the two mppts? both are 35amp victrons, bolted to the sides of my esay solar..
Yeah , bulk as fast as it can wide open until reaching 14.1V, then absorb and keep at 14.1 for two hours as it tapers the charge down to basically nothing needed to hold that voltage, then to float which is 13.5 . So after its in float panels actually be off or allowing for whatever is running to maintain 13.5v. Aloha! 🤙
Yea that’s awesome. I love the victron for this. I also use cerbo as I communicate across the country via 4G connection. Victron had so much flexibility. Love it.
These days however it’s more tears in my eyes as Utah off grid suffering super cloudy days. Live and learn.
Thx for sharing !! So fun
Loving the networking, and getting plenty of sun. Everything in float by noon lately. The only downside...no rain at all. Catchment tank getting too low for comfort. Least amount of rain I have ever seen here. Willing to sacrifice being fully charged for some decent rain now! Aloha! 🤙
Thanks for the instructional video! I just networked my two Victron 100-50s powering my EG4LL 12v 400 Ah battery. Love the Victrons, thanks for the tip! I had replaced a couple of 100-30 Victron controllers with these, now I need to build another system and network those two also. Too much fun!!!
Nice work (aloha) and thank you very much for sharing! My 100/20 with 24/375 inverter is smooth as butter (very happy with it) and, when I am ready, I'll definitely consider adding another charger, in parallel, as you have done. Again, thank you for sharing!
Love the Victrons! 🤙
hello, thank you for another great video, i will fully watch it later, but this kind of video is invaluable to me, i live 100km from a town, and cant afford to pay people to come all this way and do things so try to do everything ourselves, thanks again, take care :)
Super happy to help, and much the same in my off grid life...long way for help of any kind! Mahalo for being part of the crew here! Aloha! 🤙
This is on the top of my list, having multiple charge controllers feeding one larger
battery bank. With solar panel arrays facing in different directions to catch the sun
at different times of the day. I'm gearing up now to only use victron controllers
to make this happen. I guess, it doesn't matter if the victron controllers are different sizes,
just need to connect them to the same network.
These two together have really changed keeping me topped off day in, and day out. Working so good, I only need glance at them periodically . They have everything under control...effortless. 🤙
Nice video, thanks. I googled Ve networking and your video was first up. Cool!
I was having trouble with my battery sense (for temp) and my 2 different Victron chargers. My shed battery sense wanted to link with the cabin controller and the cabin battery sense was playing second fiddle. Just created separate networks and now it’s working as it should. This is important as the battery sense allows the Victron to stop charging if the temps are too low for the Lifepo4s.
Good info regards from new Zealand
Aloha NZ🤙
@@ProjectsinParadise808 I enjoy your posts . Well done
If you have a Victron Smartshunt on the same system you can have that join the same network - it will i.e. share are little more accurate battery-voltage and current(making your power readings into the battery more accurate), than the chargecontrollers can detect, because of the less voltagedrop(in the wires) the shunt has - as supposed to the chargecontrollers wiring.
I am definitely adding that Smart shunt in time. Heard nothing but good about it. Loving having these two in network...pretty cool! Aloha! 🤙
Also loads like lighting, refrigeration, etc. turning on and off do not affect the charging process as much.
Love the Victron smart shunts! If you have Victron chargers you definitely need the shunt
@@ProjectsinParadise808 As you say - they are just "chatting away" 😀
I have tried various shunts and I'm not sure if Victrons is any much better than others. Like I can't get the Victron shunts - like others - to show remaining chargetime, only remaining loadtime(just a minor detail) But if you did have one already, you might as well have it join your network, that was my point :)
Good video - addressing the Victron Network.
That so easy to sync them together. I am looking into the smart shunt and a LF inverter from Victron. all the reviews have been great. I cant wait to hook my folding solar 120watt into Victron and my laptop threw the USB connect cable. also the Bluetooth app . I can import data to a spread sheet . can do custom settings threw a windows 11 laptop. And I was doing great with PWM controller and AGM battery for camping. going powerqueen LiFePO4 . so much lighter . can even do 24V . got all I need except Powerqueen battery. come spring I set it up on the AGM to start. Thinking about what I can do with extra power. instead of what do I need the most and what to cut . This is game changing. more power to battery with same panel and with LiFePO4 they are lighter and about 90% efficient. it all adds up !😀
SInce I introduced the Victron controllers into the systems, life has been much easier! I do not spend near the time I used to dialing in everything. Pretty much plug and play, and maybe a small adjustment along the way, which only takes seconds to perform. Big game changer for me. Plus , squeezing out every available watt/amp into the systems definitely adds up every day! Aloha! 🤙
This is super cool and thank you for sharing I'm just getting into the victron ecosystem and getting away from Schneider Electric
My pleasure🤙
Do all the charge controllers have to have blue tooth to connect to the network?
yes🤙
Hello. Did you connect both of those network joined controllers to the same battery or to the different batteries? Thank you.
Same network on 600ah Chins LiFePO4 battery bank🤙
How much solar has you got coming into each mppt unit ?
Do you parallel load as well?
Wonderfull feature. I had 2 strings, 2 different wattage and configuration with 1 mppt that switched off way before the other, now with network sync they run in sync. Bulk, abs, float at same time.
Imagine the next upgrade can be colour display app on mobile phone, instead of the pricey interface you have to purchase? 🤔🤔
Loving the combination here, and the system is working so good now...very happy! Aloha! 🤙
I linked the victron smart shunt with my victron MPPT the same way
I really like the Victron smart shunt. I got in my cart. 😄
Mee too
i have a question... this used the phones bluetooth .. when you leave it and go far making distance then there is no signal... do their bluetooth systems still keep that network pairing or it stops > ? ? i m going to buy a second but 100/30 one and thats my concern cause i wont play with rasperypies or even cerbos with ve yet
If each controller is being fed by separate strings what happens to one string (like shade) is going to automatically affect the other via the networked controllers, is that how it works? Or is to make sure that each controller doesn't see the battery separately so they don't compete erroneously trying to charge it?
The partial shading between strings does not seem to affect the goal of them working together to get fully charged. Mostly they catch the same amount of energy, give or take a couple hundred watt hours in a day. Aloha! 🤙
Maybe I haven't fully understand the meaning of absorption mode and float. Does absorption mean the battery is almost full and it will charge slowly until max. Voltage is reached? And the meaning of float is it is fully charged and not charging anymore until the voltage has dropped to a specific level?
Question I have 2 200 watt panels in parallel on a victron 100/30amp controller. I am planning on another 2 200 watt panels in parallel on a victron 100/50 amp controller do you know if the 2 controllers can still synced and networked even though one is a 30 amp and one is a 50amp.
I think they need to be same size. 🤙...but not 100% sure
You can sync them
@@netrocker9990 But do they have to be the same size
@@jttribe7683 no. In ve smart network only voltage is taken to the account, charging current are indipendent on charge controller. But if you use gx device then you can control charging current by using dvcc feature
Amazingly nice.
So during the absorption phase 3.525 Volts per cell or 14.1 volts is used. Maybe 14.2 volts is better for top balancing periodically. I suppose that just observing the actual battery voltage after absorption will tell us if the cells are drifting below 3.525 Volts / cell.
My thoughts are , two hours at 14.1 and slowly tapering off the charge to float I am getting decent balancing. Of course I really dont know, but seems plausible! Aloha! We need rain in a bad way here...dry as can be, catchment too low! 🤙
@@ProjectsinParadise808 I'm sending a light steady rain now - get ready.
how do you remove a device from an existing network???? delete the whole network somehow?
My MPPTs have no built in Bluetooth. I only hve one bluetooth adapter dongle (that I've used to program them) if I get a second adapter. Can I network the two mppts? both are 35amp victrons, bolted to the sides of my esay solar..
Yes you can network them. 🤙
Is. "BULK" your high Charge limit??
Yeah , bulk as fast as it can wide open until reaching 14.1V, then absorb and keep at 14.1 for two hours as it tapers the charge down to basically nothing needed to hold that voltage, then to float which is 13.5 . So after its in float panels actually be off or allowing for whatever is running to maintain 13.5v. Aloha! 🤙
Thanks man.
looks like Australia OUR GARDEN , same plants , is that Hawi islands ?
Yes, big island of Hawaii 🤙
They work in harmony for me🔵🟡🟢
Loving them! 🤙