Excellent consideration. This is the reason I initially elected to keep the batteries in my other build at the same height. The temperature is controlled and maintains a fairly consistent level year round. The update I am considering would still keep my batteries at the same elevation.There was roughly 3.0C difference between the Top & Bottom packs and both charging & discharging were slightly different with the warmer packs behaving better.
It says it supports parallel connection, does that mean the BMS can communicate with another Battery BMS and sync?Here is a link to the specs for the new version of JK with Inverter Support. They have built-in precharge and current limiting +.
Just highlight the model and select it, then scroll down to see the different specs.
BTW, My current packs all have JKBMS (previous version) and no precharge, but with 6 packs online, the capacitor demand isn't an issue...
yes on both counts BUT the folks at HankZor (the usuals who deal with JK) have gone a bit dumb "again" and JiKong itself is not terribly helpful either. None of which is a good thing IMO. There are issues presently with the latest models so I am holding my shipment till December by which time the issues should be resolved. Fortunately I have other avenues of information but those are behind NDA's so I can't get into it.It says it supports parallel connection, does that mean the BMS can communicate with another Battery BMS and sync?
Also, can this BMS be used as a regular BMS without the use of the Inverter communication feature?
Thanks.
Wow!yes on both counts BUT the folks at HankZor (the usuals who deal with JK) have gone a bit dumb "again" and JiKong itself is not terribly helpful either. None of which is a good thing IMO. There are issues presently with the latest models so I am holding my shipment till December by which time the issues should be resolved. Fortunately I have other avenues of information but those are behind NDA's so I can't get into it.
Those are nice for systems that are reconfigured often.Anyone who has been on this journey can understand this. One tends to pick up little odds and ends that can be helpful from time to time. I found these a while back while working on something else. They are velcro based zip ties. They are a little wider so should be gentle enough to help secure and organize the BMS wires that always seem to be "hanging around" after a build. I elect not to trim mine since I personally like to keep them the same length.
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Wise advice indeed. I much admit, I found myself playing with need to have versus want to have. This morning I reviewed the setting where this is to be installed. I still plan on pursuing Victron for redundancy as indicated above, however I will be scaling back on some of the things I was considering due to space.Keep It Sweet & Simple