I was going to say, neah, don't need it.. but now that you mention they let you do all those nifty things, I kind of want it.I personally would want a management connection of some type to the BMS so I can read/monitor individual cell voltages, and have more visibility into BMS status for troubleshooting, etc. Also provides battery pack level SoC. This way, if the BMS trips and disconnects your inverter from the pack, you can go in read the error message, see what is going on and reset it easily...
You can also change settings like thresholds / limits, balancing characteristics (balance an charge only, balance on charge and discharge, etc)... I've had non-managed BMSs before and it was a breathe of fresh air to be able to get bluetooth, to have some visibility into the BMS and awareness of cell level activity... Now I can perform health checks and confirm all systems looking good, before there is a problem.
I was going to say, neah, don't need it.. but now that you mention they let you do all those nifty things, I kind of want it.
It is one of those things that you don't realize how much you need it until you have it. I would not go back.Yeah totally, I have 6 battery packs in parallel, and each of them have their own BMS. I would never know if one of them tripped (taking away from overall SoC capacity). I like to log into each of them maybe once a week just to make sure they are all still connected and contributing to the capacity.
Imagine if 2 or 3 of my batteries tripped, and I never knew it until a cloudy day came and I was wondering why my battery bank was dropping charge so fast. Then, instead of having to crawl down into the basement and manually measure voltages with a voltmeter, I can log into each BMS for a few seconds and make sure they are showing all greens, cell voltages look great, no errors logged. So I know I can depend on the whole bank, that all 1680Ah is available on the main bus.
I have a DIY pack with bluetooth bms. There are premade packs with Bluetooth BMS though. https://www.amazon.com/LiFePO4-Temperature-Charging-2000-5000-Monitors/dp/B08N56CYS5
Yeah, I'm aware there are bluetooth enabled premade packs, I just wanted real world diysolarforum member opinions.. being as you both seem to like the interface of the ones you're using.I have a DIY pack with bluetooth bms. There are premade packs with Bluetooth BMS though. https://www.amazon.com/LiFePO4-Temperature-Charging-2000-5000-Monitors/dp/B08N56CYS5
Once set, there should be little to no adjustments. Does help review the condition of the cell balance and information on any faults. If no battery monitor, BT may help to have capacity, amps and volts to periodically monitor that all is working as expected.Is Bluetooth really needed in a 100 or 200ah battery? I keep reading about "adjusting settings". Can you adjust settings thru the app? Or do you just monitor it on the app? How do you adjust settings if it doesn't have Bluetooth?
Thank you.
Once set, there should be little to no adjustments. Does help review the condition of the cell balance and information on any faults. If no battery monitor, BT may help to have capacity, amps and volts to periodically monitor that all is working as expected.