In the 'Victron is overpriced' thread, Pike Industries is mentioned as a good seller. That's who I bought from this morning, and it was just delivered. Unlike all the white generic boxed Victron stuff I've bought from Inverters R Us (24-12V converters, Smart Shunt) , this unit from Pike is in a retail box. Now I need to buy the correct 6ga stranded wire as Victron says it needs to be very high strand count.
Thanks for the input on BatteryCablesUSA.com !BatteryCablesUSA.com is my go to for high quality high strand count pure copper cables for a fair price and cheap shipping. They don’t sell on eBay or Amazon in order to keep their prices low. I have bought from them I think 5-6 times now. Shipping from I think Alabama or Georgia to the Pacific Northwest has only taken a few days, 5 at most.
blue toothHow do you do comms with the Victron regs?
I've got all my epever's networked (one of the reasons for choosing them)
And then to a raspberry pi?blue tooth
Thanks for the input on BatteryCablesUSA.com !
Is there a trick to finding this unit on the Epever website? Is it too old and off their support/acknowledgement list?First reply was "4215BN
Not sure. I have had the same issue at times looking up info on it. Seems half the time it looks discontinued and then pops back up.Is there a trick to finding this unit on the Epever website? Is it too old and off their support/acknowledgement list?
I am helping someone and looking for software/firmware updates and cannot get ANY hits on 4215BN or even 4215.
My google-fu not successful either.
I had the same problem yet the ones I bought had support for LFP and LCO batteries natively showing they’re still making updates to the FW.Is there a trick to finding this unit on the Epever website? Is it too old and off their support/acknowledgement list?
I am helping someone and looking for software/firmware updates and cannot get ANY hits on 4215BN or even 4215.
My google-fu not successful either.
Thanks. Can't see BT working for me with multiple (and spread out) regs.blue tooth
sorry for the confusion. The blue tooth connection is between the ssc and the shunt to get a accurate voltage readingThanks. Can't see BT working for me with multiple (and spread out) reg
Ah - ok.sorry for the confusion. The blue tooth connection is between the ssc and the shunt to get a accurate voltage reading
and tail current .
not between 2 ssc
you need to have a cerbo for that ( i think)
try thisI am helping someone and looking for software/firmware updates and cannot get ANY hits on 4215BN or even 4215.
I ended up going with the 150/35 from Pike because I had a hard limit of $200 on a specific Amazon payment method. However the extra output of the 150/45 seems like it's worth the extra bucks if you can stretch the budget..I just looked at Amazon here. The 150 volt 35 amp unit dropped 40% to just $184.45 USD with free shipping. I just might have to give it a try.
I have 2 nearly identical arrays that are parallel feeding my BougeRV 40 amp controller. If I split them across the two controllers, I will be able to see very quickly if the MPPT tracking in the Victron is that much better than the BougeRV one. While the Bouge never got stuck like the EPever complaints, it does seem to miss track a fair bit. My maximum power has never topped 26 amps for any length of time. I have seen peaks show a maximum power hitting 1,800 watts, which suggests about 34 amps. I think the Victron 35 amp rating should be just fine if I put all the panels on the one controller, even if it is better at pulling current from the panels. Or should I go up to the 45 amp version?
Hello !My two 4215BNs are working fine even with today's clearing clouds from the rains we had yesterday.
You really should start a new thread (with an appropriate title) to work on YOUR issue. You can add links to posts in this thread if you think that helps. But this is someone else's thread for HIS issue.Hello !
help me please .