![]() If you look at this screen when the solar panels are generating power, you are seeing what voltage the solar charge controller is sending to the batteries, not what voltage the batteries are at in a ‘resting’ state. I would try to do this before the sun was hitting my solar panels for a true reading of the actual battery voltage. My Electrical Life Pre-Battery Monitorīefore I had my battery monitor, my daily routine would go something like this: I would wake up in the morning and cycle my solar charge controller’s display through to the screen showing the battery voltage. Now, with VictronConnect, I can see how much power is being placed into my batteries from my solar system, how many amp-hours of power I’ve used, and when my batteries have been topped off. ![]() I’m even a bit weird about how much I enjoy seeing what’s going on with my batteries. This has turned out to be one of my most-used apps. ![]() With the optional Bluetooth Smart dongle (you can purchase the BMV-712 Battery Monitor to get built-in Bluetooth) I can monitor the battery condition via an app on my iPhone. It wasn’t until I installed a Victron BMV-700 Battery Monitor did I finally have an ‘ah-ha’ moment regarding what was going on with my batteries. No clue of the actual flow of electricity in/out of my batteries. I was able to see battery voltage, and that was it. Other than the solar controller’s basic display, there was no way of knowing what was really going on with my batteries. The main headline image in this blog shows that too, plus rigid panel rooftop solar.īack in the early days, I had a couple hundred watts of solar power charging my batteries.
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