I am close to finishing my solar install (will schedule final inspection this week I am hoping). I still have to learn how to setup/configure the 3 eg4 6000xp's etc though once I get my green sticker. But I am wondering about monitoring the system. I know the 6000xp has some monitoring built in via app/web but does it have a smart shunt, is this something I want to add? If so can I use a victron smart shunt and cerbos gx to monitor the system, or will that only give me battery monitoring and not be able to connect to the 6000xp at all, is this necessary that it connect and communicate with the 6000xp's? I have 2 victron lynx I am using as bus bars for all the batteries so would be easy to add the victron smart shunt and cerbos to it. I currently have 60 kWh of batteries setup/built (and about 70 kWh worth of new cells to build 5 more batteries). I am using 200 amp with 2a active balancer JK BMS's on each battery. What is the best method for monitoring via app/local network/web page etc? Or is what the 6000xp has to offer as far as monitoring is concerned enough and no need to bother with a separate system/smart shunt etc?
Close to getting system fully installed, monitoring questions.
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Assuming that runs on a raspberry pi? What all hardware do you need.. or does it just connect to all the hardware you have, like bms's, inverters, smart shunts etc? So the victron smart shunt would work, but skip the cerbos gx?
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Yes, it runs on a pi.
It connects to everything.
I use a Victron Smart Shunt for my "one truth" battery SOC.
Okay nice, I will order one of those shunts then and I have a few rpi 4's lying around I can use. I will worry about how to setup/install/configure Solar Assistant once I get the green sticker and figure out how to setup my inverters and bms's etc.
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You won't regret it.Okay nice, I will order one of those shunts then and I have a few rpi 4's lying around I can use. I will worry about how to setup/install/configure Solar Assistant once I get the green sticker and figure out how to setup my inverter and bms's etc.
I wouldn't want Solar without Solar Assistant.
This is off topic but you seem to be a wealth of knowledge around here. I did most of this largish solar install myself... I installed a 6" x 6" x 6' long wireway for under the 3 6000xp inverters. I ran the AC lines that go into and out of the inverters and the DC lines in there., all the wire is rated for 600 volts. I did some google searches and found conflicting info on whether this was code compliant or not, from what I could find is that it is compliant with 2023 nec code.. do you happen to know if this was okay to do? Obviously worse case the inspector fails it and I have to rewire a few things.
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It is code compliant. But like everything, it's all up to the code interpretation of your inspector.
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