Victron Lynx Power In Vs Distributor
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The power in doesn't have any of the electronics and doesn't have the hardware (nuts and bolts) to support fuses. I understand you can get the nuts and bolts and disassemble it to add support for fuses. It saves some $ over the distributer. I bought a lynx distributer, but would have bought the power in if I had known.
My understanding is that you can enable the LED's by adding a power source to the lynx distributer. It requires a funky voltage (like 5v), so you can't just jumper it to your normal system voltage. The lynx distributer comes with the cable to connect it to the lynx shunt (for 5v power), so you could use that cable to provide power, just need to cut into it and attach it to a 5v source.
Another thing I really like about the Lynx system is that the layout makes it really easy to tie a battery switch and shunt right into the lynx bus bars. See pic below. This is just a bench test setup of the system before I install it my van and I'll be using to charge and load test my DIY batteries. You could actually skip the extra copper bar and just attach the switch and shunt direct to the lynx bus bars if your setup allowed. I'll have multiple battery feeds, so needed to make a little room around the switch. 
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What width copper bar are you using? And would your disconnect switch really fit attaching directly to the Lynx?
copper bar is 1" wide and 1/4" thick. Yes, you could directly connect the switch to the lynx positive bar. You would need to drill out the hole on the lynx bus bar since the battery switch post is bigger than the hole on the bar. One potential challenge is that it would be pretty hard (maybe impossible) to remove the switch or connect/disconnect battery cables from the switch without unmounting the entire lynx itself. Since the battery post connections are on the back of the switch, it would be very hard to get to the nuts to do any assembly/disassembly once the lynx is mounted.
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Are the Lynx busbars plated copper, aluminum, or something else?
They are not raw aluminum. Plated something, not sure what. It’s rated for 1000a continuous and the bus bars are really beefy.
Hello everyone, I have done this mod, 5v buck converter. 2 funny things happen.
1) The lights light up red when I ONLY connect the positive wire from the 5v converter, very strange, somehow it doesn't need a ground source.
2) When connected correctly, and when I insert a fuse, they light does not go green! What can be the reason? I'm using genie victron mega fuses.
Thanks!
1) The lights light up red when I ONLY connect the positive wire from the 5v converter, very strange, somehow it doesn't need a ground source.
2) When connected correctly, and when I insert a fuse, they light does not go green! What can be the reason? I'm using genie victron mega fuses.
Thanks!
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