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The Epoch seem to be one of the best options. Also like the SOK.. Pricing in Canada is very high, CurrentConnected seems to be the cheapest.. They have no stock though.. I will keep reading and researching. Thanks for the suggestion.

I have been using a Pi4 for the last year or so with the Venus OS. I did just buy a new Cerbo though sitting in the box. I will swap it out at some point... I have heard the Wifi and the BT is not great on the Cerbo's. The PI's wifi surprises me. Its in a metal box (trailer) on the far side of...

Its to bad there is not better bluetooth support into the Cerbo but I do understand that its not an option. I have a Shunt... But I do like to be able to see what each battery/cells are doing. I also do re-use these batteries outside of the trailer when we are not camping. I have one of the...

Hey 12vDC.... Battleborns are more money then I can get the Victron's for.. So no real interest there... The reason for bluetooth is I can not find many options that will talk with the Cerbo. A few DIY BMS's have comms but beyond that I don't see many options. I was just watching some videos...

Interesting. I had looked at the SOK's but ruled them out due to price. It seems like CurrentConnected is way cheaper then most other places.. They have no stock right now though. I will be interested to see what the prices are when they get more stock.

Hey peps.. I need to buy some batteries. I am currently using a couple Renogy 100AH's with a Bluetooth adapter. They were on short term loan and have to go back. So now I need my own batteries. The system is mostly Victron with a Multiplus Compact 2000, Cerbo GX, Lynx power in (used as a...

I cannot speak to the quality yet but have a look at JP Heaters. I just got my Heater/Water heater combo. Its a 100% knock off of the Truma 6E. There are a number of companies making them but this JP company seems to be the only one that seems to stand behind their knock off and producing a...

Hey folks.. I am demoing a system for some camera installers and showing them how to build small solar system. The coordinator bought batteries without discussion. They are ReLion RB20-LT. We will be hooking these up to a Victron Smart Shunt. Tomorrow morning I will be showing them how to...

If I did it again I would buy a much larger one that can do double duty for charging other stuff

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Being lazy and certainly knowing better I wanted easy.. I metered the power out of the Battery connection with and without the battery connected. The charger on the battery watch dog holds it at about 12.9V. So I swapped in my Renogy Lifepo4 12v 100Ah and my Victron Charger.. Charger charges...

I paused the project for other higher priority stuff for me... In the end I can use the renogy bluetooth for what I need. Saying that I would like to get it working. It looks like though all I need is to install the dbus software and a renogy official cable for programming an updating the...

Sorry to revive an ooooold thread. Wondering what cable you guys might recommend for this today? I cannot buy the Renogy official cable. Looking at Renogy Document for the cable - https://www.renogy.com/content/RSCB1.8M24/SCB-Manual.pdf It references using the "FT232RL" chip. Would something...

Thanks guys.. I think I will order up MK3-USB. I figure I can use it to get started and try it out on the VenusOS on the PI. Lots of learning to do!

Hey folks... Thought on programming a Multiplus? I have it but no means to program it other than learning the dip switches. I am not sure if the dip's give you programmability over all the functionality. I believe you have to have another device for all aspects of programming. Ideally I would...