The second option is to just mount the Victron on the side of the kitchen drawers. Two candidates, one is to move the pump on/off switch from its location by the control panel (why does it exist- never had one on our 2005 Hymer) to the side of the kitchen drawers and mount the Victron in its place. The next step is to find a location for the battery monitor itself (as opposed to shut up in the battery compartment as it is at the moment). Plugged it into the shunt, and like magic, we also have the Starter battery voltage on the display and in the app with no need to mees about with any -ve connection. So the positive for the starter is attached to the main terminal and routed under the floor ( another "just" job ). Then a eureka moment - the starter battery is in the cab - not in the engine bay (New van to us - not used to having the battery inboard!). But there's no spare +ve feed, and I didn't want to mangle any of the connectors to create a connection. I looked at taking the +ve feed from the Schaudt AD-01, which is under the seat by the batteries. Next step was to wire the second positive wire to the Starter battery. I then did the setup via Bluetooth, and alls well. Took the inline fuse out of the positive wire (dropped it - it's n the van somewhere, no idea where) and replaced it with the one from the other positive feed. Checked everything, and plugged the monitor in again. Plugged in the monitor, and it didn't power up. There's also not a lot of room to do anything! Just tidying up the installation gives more space in front of the batteries, and I think that the shunt and busbar could be screwed into the wood - though it would cover up a sticker that indicates the fuse connections on the side - see images below. midpoint monitoring and additional wiring diagrams see chapter Midpoint voltage monitoring 28. The batteries are located at the side of the seat in the Exsis, and there's not a lot of room. Auxiliary connection midpoint battery bank monitoring. 12vplanet will then make up leads for me in the correct length and with the right connectors. I'm decided to use the busbar when I discovered that the Victron shunt has M10 connections, and all the other battery connection are M6 - so rather than remaking them, which I don't have correct tools to do, it would be simpler to put a busbar in. I'm happy with the wiring, but it's locating the shunt, and probably a busbar (see ) for the negative connections that I'm struggling with. The load will be reconnected 30 seconds after the battery voltage has increased to more than the preset reconnect voltage.I've searched and read every thread in the last few years that mentions a BMV-xxx, but still have a few questions on how I actually install the physical device in the van - and Exsis 578. The straight end goes in a crimp connector on the shunt. It’s best to take the fuse out while making the connections. If the battery voltage increases again to the connect threshold within this time period (after the engine has been started for example), the load will not be disconnected. The Victron battery monitor comes with a large ring terminal on one end or the power wire and a straight crimp that looks almost the end of a shoelace on the other, with a fuse in between. The load will be disconnected 90 seconds after the alarm has been activated.The alarm output is typically used to activate a buzzer, LED or relay.ĭelayed load disconnect and delayed reconnect The alarm output is a short circuit proof open collector output to the negative (minus) rail, max. ![]() ![]() Starting the engine will therefore not activate the alarm.
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