jessicadavis
New Member
Hey there,
I've been having some trouble with my battery bank shutting off at night and SOK suggested the batteries (4x 100Ah 12V in 2S2P for 200Ah 24V) are likely out of balance. They recommended I get a victron battery balancer in the system which I just installed.
Two questions :
1. The victron battery balancer doesn't kick on until 27.3V is reached, which it hasn't yet (currently at 26.6V). Is there any way to get the voltage to increase aside from having a spectacularly clear sky at high noon?
2. I want to take the battery bank apart and charge each 12V battery individually from grid power just to kickstart the balancing process. Any advice for this process? It will be my first time taking apart the bank.
Also, thoughts on this charger? I'll be taking it to a friends house and using it with their AC power; I'm totally off-grid.
Thanks so much in advance & apologies if these questions are too obvious - I'm very new to all this. There are more details about my system in my post history if you want to dig for more info but also you're welcome to ask directly
I've been having some trouble with my battery bank shutting off at night and SOK suggested the batteries (4x 100Ah 12V in 2S2P for 200Ah 24V) are likely out of balance. They recommended I get a victron battery balancer in the system which I just installed.
Two questions :
1. The victron battery balancer doesn't kick on until 27.3V is reached, which it hasn't yet (currently at 26.6V). Is there any way to get the voltage to increase aside from having a spectacularly clear sky at high noon?
2. I want to take the battery bank apart and charge each 12V battery individually from grid power just to kickstart the balancing process. Any advice for this process? It will be my first time taking apart the bank.
Also, thoughts on this charger? I'll be taking it to a friends house and using it with their AC power; I'm totally off-grid.
Thanks so much in advance & apologies if these questions are too obvious - I'm very new to all this. There are more details about my system in my post history if you want to dig for more info but also you're welcome to ask directly